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January 20, 2009
Social lifestyle cuts dementia risk
Swedish researchers have found that people with a calm, outgoing personality and a socially active lifestyle were less likely to develop dementia.
Filed under: Uncategorised
January 12, 2009
Medicines increase hospital readmission risk
A two-decade study conducted on elderly Western Australians has shown that many hospital admissions can be attributed to number of other conditions a person has and the medicines they take to treat those conditions.
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January 05, 2009
Long-term medications in the elderly may cause more harm than good
A recent study reported in the Sydney Morning Herald indicates that elderly people receive no benefit from long-term medications used to treat many common conditions and that their health may actually improve if the medications are ceased.
Filed under: Research
August 29, 2008
Early diagnosis of dementia key to improving outcomes
The Australian reports on the devastating impact of early onset Alzheimers disease on a successful criminal barrister and how early diagnosis can help maximise the benefits of current drug treatments, even if they only help stabilise symptoms.
Filed under: Researchblood+test, dementia, early+onset+alzheimers+disease, scans, diagnosis, treatment
August 19, 2008
Report: In-home care for elderly on the rise
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare reports that the number of Australians receiving in-home aged-care services is on the rise. Federal Government spending on aged and community care is also set to rise.
Filed under: Community Aged Care » Residential Aged Care » Policy » Researchin-home+aged+care, statistics, report, government+funding, aihw
August 07, 2008
Friends of EACH take on the system
George Vassiliou was shocked to find just how little funding from the Government's EACH program was actually reaching his 84-year-old mother. The ABC Radio National's National Interest program interviews Mr Vassiliou and the head of Community Options at Uniting Care on the future of community directed care in Australia.
Filed under: Community Aged Care » Policypolicy, each, community+directed+care, funding