Very excited to be #AAIC24 and preparing to launch #Lancetdementiacommission2024 tomorrow with Helen Frankish Andrew Sommerlad Naaheed Mukadam Lon S. Schneider, MD #kokoroshirai #geirselbaek. Come and hear about our findings on 31st at 4.15pm Hall A and pick up the paper.

It's today. 27 authors worked hard. We hope you like it, and it has impact on individuals, policy makers, clinicians, and researchers. The Lancet 2024 commission on dementia prevention, intervention, and care. Helen Frankish Naaheed Mukadam Andrew Sommerlad Lon S. Schneider, MD et al.

Current projections estimate 153 million people will be living with dementia by 2050. Nearly half of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by tackling 14 risk factors starting in childhood, suggests new report from a standing Lancet Commission: buff.ly/46nvoPR

Dementia has substantial health-care and social care costs, estimated at over USD$1 trillion worldwide annually. A The Lancet Healthy Longevity paper assessed the cost-effectiveness of population-level interventions for tackling dementia risk factors: buff.ly/4deyacn

Fantastic update & so important with the addition of visual loss & high LDL as risks. Good to see HART Dr Rhiann SueSee paper cited too! Cairns HHS Dementia prevention, intervention & care: 2024 report of the Lancet Commission thelancet.com/journals/lance…

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Nearly half of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by tackling 14 risk factors starting in childhood, including two new risks—high cholesterol and vision loss, suggests new report from the Lancet Commission on dementia. Find out more ➡️ hubs.li/Q02KbpYf0

Making the leap from idea generation to implementation: Ten steps every geriatrics specialist should know. #geriatrics agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jg…

Honoured to be part of the interprofessional leadership group from across the country developing these new guidelines for best practice in dementia health care ⁦Monash University⁩ ⁦JCU COLLEGE OF MEDICINE & DENTISTRY⁩ ⁦Tropical Australian Academic Health Centre⁩ ⁦Cairns HHS⁩ health.gov.au/ministers/the-…

Thanks so much for a fantastic public lecture A/Prof Gary Cheung raising awareness of Young Onset Dementia from Auckland. Great content and great presenters! Monica Cations Dr Brigid Ryan, A/Prof Samantha Loi, Dr Campbell Le Heron and Dr Etu Ma’u

Let's Yarn! Check out HART's new podcast on Ageing well in the Torres Strait. This 4 part series delves into understanding, preventing and living with dementia in the Torres Strait. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Soundcloud: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/let…

Prof Yvonne Cadet-James, the pioneering researcher, academic, mentor, RN and midwife is celebrating a 25-year legacy of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research at the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). Article: rb.gy/beqq5h

HART’s latest publication. Congrats Team! ⁦HART⁩ ⁦Tropical Australian Academic Health Centre⁩ ⁦JCU COLLEGE OF MEDICINE & DENTISTRY⁩ ⁦Cairns HHS⁩ ⁦Torres and Cape HHS⁩ Health promotion for dementia risk reduction in Indigenous populations of Canada, Aotearoa, USA & Australia journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

Combating dementia: the imperative for population-level interventions - The Lancet Healthy Longevity thelancet.com/journals/lanhl…

New ESC guidelines for hypertension also including clinical frailty scale -highlighting tailor made care♥️ European Society of Cardiology #ESCCongress #frailty #geriatricmedicine #cardiology

A true legend!

We need your help. We would like to hear from people in Australia with #dementia and their #carers and supporters about how they make decisions in everyday life - small decisions and big ones. 20 mins $10 gift card. Link is here redcap.unsw.edu.au/surveys/?s=NE8… thanks!! #alzheimers #AD

Excited for the upcoming AustralasianDelirium Masterclass on #delirium in the perioperative setting 21s October in Brisbane - F2F and online Speakers include British Geriatrics Society incoming President Jugdeep Dhesi and from NSW Dr Christina Norris Sign up 🔜 eventbrite.com.au/e/critical-car…

Calling all Geriatricians 👀 Stephanie Ward Kannan Natarajan Anita Nitchingham Gideon Caplan Brian Wood Ed Strivens Eamonn Eeles David Ward Alison Mudge Mark Hohenberg Prof Ruth E Hubbard Jugdeep Dhesi Simon Fleming 🛠 Great opportunity for Specialists and trainees! BNE 21.10.24 #delirium

In hospitals, approximately 20- 30% of older people on medical wards will develop delirium, and up to 50% of people with dementia. Up to 50% of people who have surgery develop delirium. Most people living in care homes are also at greater risk. See thread…