Read about how communication partners can support people living with #dementia in our blog post with Forward with Dementia 👇

29,000+ engagements with our ForwardwithDementiaAU campaign. We improved how #dementia diagnosticians were providing post-diagnostic information and referrals but are less certain about flow-through impacts on people with dementia. A/Prof Lyn Phillipson Yun-Hee Jeon link.springer.com/article/10.118…

There is a growing need to ensure our first responders have a greater understanding of dementia and its management. The next edition of the Australian Journal of Dementia Care examines this important issue. Subscribe now ➡ journalofdementiacare.com #FirstResponders #DementiaCare

Was such a fantastic day of filming for our #CPT program! Thank you Dementia Australia for connecting us with some amazing dementia advocates to be the stars of these videos ✨ cannot wait to share the videos!

New IJLCD editorial with Rachael Rietdijk Paul Conroy @MCAsupporttool & Professor Leanne Togher for our special issue! 'It's a changing landscape: Complexity and innovation in cognitive-communication rehabilitation for people with acquired brain injury (ABI)' doi.org/10.1111/1460-6…

The Aphasia Handbook is out (by Stroke Foundation and Australian Aphasia Association) and it's wonderfully comprehensive and accessible 🥇 Let's make sure every Australian leaving hospital with #aphasia gets a copy! 📘strokefoundation.org.au/media/c3qjm2zw… 📮store.strokefoundation.org.au/products/aphas…

Thanks ForwardwithDementiaAU for sharing the PPA Guide. We hope the Guide helps people with #PPA and their families understand the diagnosis and see the range of tools and communication strategies that can help. A pleasure to create with Natalie Ive, @deborahhersh and Cathleen Rubin

The Aphasia Handbook - a vital introduction for people experiencing aphasia due to stroke, developed by the Stroke Foundation & AAA is now available here - tinyurl.com/9wdm25c5 Packs of hardcopies 10/20/50 are FREE. Postage & packing fee applies. Order-www.strokefoundation.org.au

Register for our Easter webinar and hear all about consent and ethics in dementia research! Register: go.unimelb.edu.au/swi8 Facilitated by Australian Dementia Network - ADNeT EMCR Accelerator Group members Diana Matovic Marianne Piano Mouna Sawan @jacsonot

March is action packed for webinars!

Things that people with #PPA would like other people to know. From our RareDementiaSupport "Better Living with PPA" study.: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37821924/ Nikki Zimmermann Dyscover - specialist aphasia support Better Conversations Lab Stephanie Grasso

Want to learn how to interact with people who have a brain injury? We have developed a free online resource about communication after #TBI or #ABI. Sign up at bit.ly/interact-ABI-l…. Watch: youtu.be/rifkwsVyh00

As speech pathologists, our in-depth knowledge of communication and swallowing allows us to provide significant support to people living with dementia. Read our new guideline: bit.ly/43OTHor #SpeechPathology #Dementia #AgedCare

Join Naomi Folder, project officer for the practice guideline and Kym Torresi, SPA Senior Advisor for Aged Care on how our new guideline can support speech pathologists working with people with dementia. on.soundcloud.com/DCgFormyz16e8F… #SpeechPathology #Dementia #AgedCare #SpeakUpPod

Very proud to have collaborated with Jade Cartwright, Deb Hersch, Natalie Ive to produce this excellent Australian resource for people living with primary progressive aphasia . Available on Australian Aphasia Association website lnkd.in/gYjA8aQh

Wonderful to see our colleague Nathan M D'Cunha featured in Dementia Australia '25 Years of Impact' report released this week, with his passion to make a difference for people living with dementia - including his mum 🫶🧑‍🎓 #UC_CARAT University of Canberra SPICE Program >> canberradaily.com.au/spice-extends-…

New paper: Immersive virtual reality in the promotion of health and well-being for people in residential aged care without cognitive impairment: A scoping review journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20… #OpenAccess @UCAgeing University of Canberra Stephen Isbel

Opportunity to get involved in a #PhD research project on #dementia & #disability led by Kate Swaffer she/her ❤️🌈🖤🌈💛🌈 with supervisors @CarolineEllison & Linda Steele fyi Diverse Alzheimers Lynda Henderson, born on unceded land. 🖤💛❤ Bethany Brown DAAT Christine Beaton Theresa Scott Emily Ong (She/Her) dementiaallianceinternational.org/blog/dementia-…

Some of my #PhD research findings included in here as Tips for inclusion: “Diverse Perspectives: incorporating cultural values in dementia care”