New paper: Changing patterns of referrals in response to a multicomponent rehabilitation program for people with dementia and their care partners onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New paper: Multidisciplinary Allied Health Reablement Model of Care for Older People in Residential Aged Care and Community Settings: Mixed-Methods Evaluation doi.org/10.1177/0733... @dianegibson.bsky.social @nmdcunha.bsky.social

Thank you @nmdcunha.bsky.social for hosting me for the CARAT lecture at University of Canberra. It was a pleasure interacting with you and your team.

Susan name-checks @clairemcoconnor.bsky.social and @nmdcunha.bsky.social's work in her Derek Prinsley Memorial Address here at #ANZSGM2025 - high quality research about dementia rehabilitation and reablement reaching hundreds of geriatric care professionals across Australia!

The University of Canberra, together w/ @aihw.bsky.social, have launched the first Living with Dementia Survey! Visit our website at www.dementiasurvey.com.au for more information or sign up to www.stepupfordementiaresearch.org.au We need everyone’s help to spread the word!

It was a great pleasure to present at the recent Dementia Training Australia Symposium about the SPICE program among others doing inspiring work. Two of the latest papers here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... More coming soon! @uccarat.bsky.social

UC allied health program trials a transformative model of care for older Australians www.canberra.edu.au/about-uc/med... Great work by the @uccarat.bsky.social team @dianegibson.bsky.social

Breakthrough Alzheimer’s Blood Test Explained By Neurologists www.forbes.com/sites/millet...

New paper: Exploring the Role of a Dietitian in an Early Intervention Program for People With Dementia and Their Care Partners: A Composite Case Series journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @uccarat.bsky.social @grchelberg.bsky.social @dianegibson.bsky.social

Great to see UC PhD student Nic Lawlis featured in today's Dementia Australia eNews Research Edition for his work on young onset dementia and physical activity www.dementia.org.au/news/preserv...

I strongly support this push for better funding for longer GP consults. The ACT has the lowest bill billing rate in the country and more support for longer consults is key to turning that around while also ensuring better healthcare for women. www.smh.com.au/national/the...

Thrilled to share our latest publication in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: a global survey on experiences and perceptions of sexism in dementia research careers. Grateful to my incredible co-authors for their collaboration on this important topic. alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Systematic review of the efficacy of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for improving quality of life of people with dementia www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Full article now available: www.publish.csiro.au/PY/PY24174

New from Amanda Bulman, Andrew McKune, @nmdcunha.bsky.social @drwolfmarx.bsky.social Murray Turner. New manuscript published in Sleep Medicine Reviews (IF11); The effects of #L-Theanine consumption on #sleep outcomes: #systematic review and #meta-analysis. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Just accepted: Exploring dementia service gaps and barriers in the Australian Capital Territory: A qualitative study www.publish.csiro.au/PY/justaccep... @uccarat.bsky.social Full text available for free soon

New paper: A Protocol for Enhancing Allied Health Care for Older People in Residential Care: The EAHOP Intervention www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/13...

Omega-3 fatty acids had a small protective effect of slowing biological aging (via multiple epigenetic clocks, Figure) nature.com/articles/s43... Exercise and Vit D were also assessed with some additive benefits but not significant on their own

New Paper: “I forgot she used to make chocolate cake”: Digital storytelling supporting person-focussed dementia care: A qualitative thematic analysis journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @uccarat.bsky.social

The Devastating Legacy of Lies in Alzheimer’s Science www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/o...

The @uccarat.bsky.social are raising money for the annual Dementia Australia Memory Walk & Jog. We would appreciate any donations which go towards counselling, support groups, education, and research. Please feel free to join us on the day! www.memorywalk.com.au/fundraisers/...

New paper: Pilot of a multicomponent program for people with dementia and their care partners: Health services staff expectations, experiences and observations journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @uccarat.bsky.social @grchelberg.bsky.social #SPICE

Being able to pay for a casual gym visit via QR code and entry via Bluetooth. Genius - and perfect for public holidays at Warehouse Fitness & Gym Wollongong

Our YOD-SIG's latest webinar supporting children and adolescents with parents who have #YOD @nmdcunha.bsky.social @jadecartwright.bsky.social youtu.be/6zMc48vzqmQ?...

💭 Social Connection Toolkit for Residential Aged Care www.swinburne.edu.au/downloads/So... #PatientExperience #LivedExperience #PatientEngagement #CommunityEngagement #Health #RuralHealth #RegionalHealth #Research #ClinicalTrials #Codesign #Collaboration #AgedCare

New paper with contributions by one of our team: The impact of the Dementia Care in Hospitals Program on hospital acquired complications – a non-randomised stepped wedge hybrid effectiveness-implementation study bmcgeriatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #CARAT #dementia

Australia's National Dementia Action Plan 2024-2034 is finally out www.health.gov.au/our-work/nat... as well as AIHW indicators www.aihw.gov.au/reports/deme... #dementia

Thank you to #ERA2024 organisers & attendees for a great virtual conference & the opportunity to present our collaborative research on the SPICE Program for people with dementia & care partners in the ACT @uccarat.bsky.social #dementia #rehabilitation @nmdcunha.bsky.social

Delighted to see this publication, the result of an extensive delphi process bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/1...

Good news, Altmetric has now started watching BlueSky for mentions of publications. And by the way, provides an easy comparison between this and the old site for a recent preprint of mine which I posted simultaneousl at both. Numbers speak by themselves !

This publication today on multimodal #AI to accurately and precisely predict an individual's heath trajectory, in this case #Parkinson's disease, is a frontrunner for many to come www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Thank you ABC Health Report for talking about #YOD and #musictherapy www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

There are not many here yet but I think it is only a matter of time go.bsky.app/8iZnjmE

Embracing Reablement as an Essential Support Approach for Dementia Care in the 21st Century: A Position Paper www.dovepress.com/embracing-re...

Breaking: Cassava Sciences Topline Phase 3 Data Did Not Meet Co-Primary Endpoints $SAVA CEO: "(T)he loss of cognition in the placebo group was less pronounced than ... in other placebo-controlled studies in AD. We are working to understand this better". www.globenewswire.com/news-release...

ADNeT YOD-Sig Webinar: Supporting children and adolescents with a parent with young onset dementia events.humanitix.com/supporting-c... Join us on 12th December at midday AEST #dementia

Here are mine: 1. Avoid acronyms unless they’re *very* widely understood 2. Explain what you’re going to do as early as possible in the application 3. Include a figure that visualizes your project (preferably on the first page) 4. No walls of text, add figures and boxes (at least 1 per page)

The Australian Dementia Network Young Onset Dementia Special Interest Group recently completed two projects to inform a model of care in Australia. Our results can now be found on our website (scroll to the bottom): www.australiandementianetwork.org.au/special-inte... #dementia

Who should you nominate as reviewers for your manuscript? After a long chat with a post-grad it appears that there's a lot of misguided advice out there. Thread 👇

An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you know and what you don't. - Anatole France

Loving this paper 'Rethinking barriers and enablers'. How many thousands of weak research studies have reduced complex change to 'identifying and addressing barriers and enablers'? Here's how to do better! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

We are looking for a new post-doc to join our team at UC with an interest in allied health in residential care www.timeshighereducation.com/unijobs/list... Applications close November 24th. We have 🦘🦘🦘 on campus! #CARAT

More of this amongst the Vice Chancellor class please 👏 (although he's still doubling his politician salary and pulling in 850K, so... ) www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8820677/

The Meaningful Engagement Assessment for Residents With #Dementia in Assisted Living Settings "...Providing meaningful activity is a critical dimension of person-centered #care for residents with dementia in all settings..." #LongTermCare #Geriatrics #Health #Medicine