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Dementia Australia

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We're the source of trusted information, education & services for all Australians impacted by dementia. We advocate for positive change & support vital research

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“Sometimes the hardest part is saying ‘I have dementia.’” National Dementia Helpline Advisor Kristin discusses tips on dealing with a dementia diagnosis in a bonus helpline episode of Hold the Moment. Listen here: podbean.com/ep/pb-68qwy-16…

“Sometimes the hardest part is saying ‘I have dementia.’”

National Dementia Helpline Advisor Kristin discusses tips on dealing with a dementia diagnosis in a bonus helpline episode of Hold the Moment. Listen here: podbean.com/ep/pb-68qwy-16…
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This federal election your voice matters. Help us make dementia a priority of the next Federal Government. Visit dementia.org.au/get-involved/d… to learn how you can help advocate for dementia and brain health this election.

This federal election your voice matters.

Help us make dementia a priority of the next Federal Government.

Visit dementia.org.au/get-involved/d… to learn how you can help advocate for dementia and brain health this election.
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The National Dementia Helpline remains open 24/7 this Easter long weekend. Call 1800 100 500 or visit dementia.org.au/get-support/na… for live chat. Please note that our social channels will not be monitored over the long weekend.

The National Dementia Helpline remains open 24/7 this Easter long weekend.  

Call 1800 100 500 or visit dementia.org.au/get-support/na… for live chat. 

Please note that our social channels will not be monitored over the long weekend.
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Dementia Australia Dementia Advocate Dom cared for her late father Noel who lived with vascular dementia. Listen to Dom’s story wherever you get your podcasts or via dementia.org.au/living-dementi… to help us reach 100,000 podcast listens!

Dementia Australia Dementia Advocate Dom cared for her late father Noel who lived with vascular dementia.

Listen to Dom’s story wherever you get your podcasts or via dementia.org.au/living-dementi… to help us reach 100,000 podcast listens!
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“Through my work with Dementia Australia, I hope to amplify awareness and advocate for better support systems and resources for younger people navigating life as carers.” We welcome Tully Smyth as our newest Ambassador. Tully joins in honour of her mother who lived with younger

“Through my work with Dementia Australia, I hope to amplify awareness and advocate for better support systems and resources for younger people navigating life as carers.”

We welcome <a href="/tee_smyth/">Tully Smyth</a> as our newest Ambassador. Tully joins in honour of her mother who lived with younger
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The Ask Annie app for dementia care workers now has a new course, exploring a palliative approach to dementia care. For more info, visit dementialearning.org.au/technology/ask… Palliative Care Australia Fronditha Care

The Ask Annie app for dementia care workers now has a new course, exploring a palliative approach to dementia care.

For more info, visit dementialearning.org.au/technology/ask…

<a href="/Pall_Care_Aus/">Palliative Care Australia</a> <a href="/Fronditha/">Fronditha Care</a>
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For our May Library Pick of the Month, the Dementia Australia Librarians have chosen “Still Me” by Rebecca S Chopp, PhD. Find it in the Dementia Australia Library at dementia-e-library.overdrive.com/media/10675603…

For our May Library Pick of the Month, the Dementia Australia Librarians have chosen “Still Me” by Rebecca S Chopp, PhD. Find it in the Dementia Australia Library at dementia-e-library.overdrive.com/media/10675603…
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“We kept him at home because it was something we had talked about early on." For Alison's husband Wayne, an end-of-life plan enabled him to access palliative care at home. To learn more about palliative care this National Palliative Care Week visit dementia.org.au/living-dementi…

“We kept him at home because it was something we had talked about early on."

For Alison's husband Wayne, an end-of-life plan enabled him to access palliative care at home.

To learn more about palliative care this National Palliative Care Week visit dementia.org.au/living-dementi…
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Dementia Australia Advocate and Advisory Committee Chair Ann struggles to sleep because of symptoms of her Lewy body dementia. Listen to Ann’s story wherever you get your podcasts or via dementia.org.au/living-dementi…

Dementia Australia Advocate and Advisory Committee Chair Ann struggles to sleep because of symptoms of her Lewy body dementia.

Listen to Ann’s story wherever you get your podcasts or via dementia.org.au/living-dementi…
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“The doctor told me they have never diagnosed anyone this early.” Listen to Juanita’s story wherever you get your podcasts or via dementia.org.au/living-dementi…

“The doctor told me they have never diagnosed anyone this early.”

Listen to Juanita’s story wherever you get your podcasts or via dementia.org.au/living-dementi…
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Dementia Australia’s groundbreaking podcast Hold the Moment is back for a second season, this time shining a light on the realities of caring for a loved one living with dementia. Follow Hold the Moment in your favourite podcast app to be the first to know when new episodes are

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Dementia Australia welcomes the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) registration of Kisunla (donanemab), for use in Australia, providing hope for people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease in the emerging treatments that may delay the progression of symptoms. Read

Dementia Australia welcomes the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) registration of Kisunla (donanemab), for use in Australia, providing hope for people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease in the emerging treatments that may delay the progression of symptoms.

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This Dementia Action Week (15-21 September) we are challenging everyone in the community to reach out to someone impacted by dementia to reconnect, because nobody can do it alone. For more Dementia Action Week updates, sign up to our e-newsletter at dementia.org.au/news/dementia-….

This Dementia Action Week (15-21 September) we are challenging everyone in the community to reach out to someone impacted by dementia to reconnect, because nobody can do it alone.

For more Dementia Action Week updates, sign up to our e-newsletter at dementia.org.au/news/dementia-….
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Dementia Australia Ambassador Wally Lewis will be at the Brisbane Memory Walk & Jog on Sunday 8 June – and you’re invited to join him! Sign up or donate to Team Wally Lewis today and help raise vital funds and awareness for people living with dementia: memorywalk.com.au/fundraisers/te…

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Season two of our Hold the Moment podcast has arrived! Episode one is out now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube and more, or on our website at dementia.org.au/podcast.

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“I did have a complex relationship with both my parents," "But living through dementia connected us in a way that might not have ever happened if they were both well. Going through this with both of them, being there for them through that time, was genuinely one of the greatest

“I did have a complex relationship with both my parents,"

"But living through dementia connected us in a way that might not have ever happened if they were both well. Going through this with both of them, being there for them through that time, was genuinely one of the greatest
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Contacting The National Dementia Helpline was described “as a big gasp of oxygen after a deep, dark dive,” by Dementia Advocate Deidre at a recent South Australian Parliamentary Friends of Dementia event at Adelaide Parliament House. For more information on our D-Esc training

Contacting The National Dementia Helpline was described “as a big gasp of oxygen after a deep, dark dive,” by Dementia Advocate Deidre at a recent South Australian Parliamentary Friends of Dementia event at Adelaide Parliament House.

For more information on our D-Esc training