Agree with Stephen Macfarlane - we need to urgently pursue and support lifestyle approaches that can blunt rising prevalence of dementia. This is why WickingDementiaCentre has established the ISLAND Project islandprojectWDC

Well done Hannah Hannah Fair! #AAIC2020 Dementia risk information needs to be diffused everywhere!

@RoyalAged meets this week on COVID-19. Models of care/staffing need consideration, but why do we keep building boxes to keep dozens of frail older people in that increase risk of infection? Perhaps a moratorium on new aged care resi builds until better models are mandated?

NeuralknitworksTAS is a community art and science project, with a focus on mental health, neuroscience, exercise and nutrition. Not too late to join the virtual neural network ("knitwork") by creating a knitted brain cell and posting @NeuralknitworksTAS.

Read and share The ISLAND Project's latest newsletter - dementia and risk | state of the evidence-stress and aluminium crm.mooc.utas.edu.au/crm_email.php?… #research #dementia #brain #health #Tasmania #islandprojwdc

Read the ISLAND Project's latest newsletter - a healthy body is a healthy brain-vascular health, weight & dementia risk island.mooc.utas.edu.au/page/33/newsle… #Dementia #brainhealth #tasmania #research #islandprojwdc

Enrol today WickingDementiaCentre Preventing Dementia MOOC utas.edu.au/wicking/preven… #Dementia #prevention #brainhealth #tasmania #MOOC #islandprojwdc

Ischaemic heart disease has been the number 1 cause of death of Australians. This year, to May, dementia (5,794) has exceeded IHD (5,175). This horrifying statistic should be a wake-up call for more resources, research funding and a focus on prevention. abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.…

Our free Preventing Dementia Massive Open Online Course starts on the 6th October 2020. Enrolments are now open. 13,800 participants have enrolled in the course mooc.utas.edu.au/course/22 #dementia #alzheimers #prevention #healthcare #health #healthylifestyle

A great event yesterday with Dementia Tas & Migrant Resource Centre Tasmania screening #Mr Velvet Ears a short doco about living with dementia. WickingDementiaCentre Prof James Vickers & Dr Sunny Jang discussed dementia research & cross-cultural aspects of dementia care #Dementia

JOIN James Vickers Larissa Bartlett and the ISLAND Project team for a webinar this THURSDAY 26th November from 6pm, to answer your questions about the project, the annual assessments & progress of the world's largest #Dementia #prevention study utas.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

New step in state's fight against dementia bit.ly/3aGtvCI

Learn about Korongee Dementia Village. The first of it's kind in Australia in its impact and offerings for residents. lkycic.sutd.edu.sg/wp-content/upl… SUTD Singapore WickingDementiaCentre #dementiacare #australia #tasmania #agedcare #architecture #alz #nursing #Australia #Dementia #health #healthcare

Find out more about dementia risk and diabetes in our latest ISLAND newsletter island.mooc.utas.edu.au/page/33/newsle… #Dementia #prevention

Thank you to AFL legend Alastair Lynch for supporting our #RUNfortheISLAND initiative! We're running across Tasmania to raise awareness about physical activity as a risk reduction activity for dementia 🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️ Learn more, follow along and donate here: island.mooc.utas.edu.au/RUN

Today we enter our fourth day of the 480km Tasmanian Trail. So far we have covered 311km, and on today's leg we will run 80km from Ouse to New Norfolk. 🧠🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🧠 #RUNfortheISLAND Learn more, donate and track us here: island.mooc.utas.edu.au/RUN islandprojectWDC WickingDementiaCentre

Day 4 #RUNfortheISLAND. 392km done. ~100km tomorrow: New Norfolk to Dover. Thanks a bunch to Curringa Farm for putting up last night, and T8 for donating these epic iced tees! Learn more, donate and track us here: island.mooc.utas.edu.au/RUN islandprojectWDC WickingDementiaCentre

James Brady talking about islandprojectWDC and #RUNfortheISLAND initiative at the New Norfolk Bowls Club WickingDementiaCentre University of Tasmania

Today we were joined by University of Tasmania Vice-Chancellor Professor Rufus Black to start our final day of #RUNfortheISLAND 🧠🏃‍♂️🏃‍♀️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🧠 We will be traversing ~100km today, and it was great to have the support of Rufus Black for this initiative islandprojectWDC WickingDementiaCentre University of Tasmania

We did it! Over the last 5 days we've run 495km through the heart of Tasmania We've raised over $10,000 for dementia research and engaged the community in conversations on dementia risk reduction 🙌 Truly proud of this achievement #RUNfortheISLAND island.mooc.utas.edu.au/RUN