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Shelling beans with mama.

Dementia has taken many of my grandma’s memories. Today, we connect through play

There are many things I will never know about my grandma. But we can still delight together in the twists and turns of her mind.

  • Lauren Ironmonger

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  • Lauren Ironmonger
A Christmas meal disaster could be a clue.

Nine signs of dementia to watch out for in older relatives

For Elizabeth Leonard, time spent together as a family marked the beginning of a long road to accepting that there might be something wrong.

  • Miranda McMinn
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Heart disease has been the leading cause of death for Australians since the 1960s. It’s about to be overtaken.

  • Shane Wright
Gwenda Darling, a x year old Palawi woman living with frontotemporal dementia, is passionate about the sexual rights of those living in aged care.

‘It’s not inappropriate’: Why adults with dementia are often shamed for sex

Baby Boomers are set to dominate aged care in the next decade. As the generation of free love, their expectations around sex means providers need to change.

  • Lauren Ironmonger
Sarah Mitchell (left) and her mother Wendy.

Sarah’s mum starved herself to death. It was the only legal way for her to go

Wendy Mitchell spent a decade educating people about living with dementia. Now her daughter wants to tell us about how she died, and why it didn’t have to be that way.

  • Michael Bachelard
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While there are links between sleep and dementia risk, they’re complex.

How too little (or too much) sleep affects your risk of dementia

Scientists are confident a link between sleep and dementia exists, but it’s complicated.

  • Dana G. Smith
Plastic brain

Human brain tissue made up of 0.5 per cent microplastics, study reveals

The shocked scientist behind the finding said soaring rates of plastics in the body may be the “dark matter” force driving dementia rates and falling fertility.

  • Angus Dalton
MRI brain scans showing 10 different dementia types.

Diagnosing dementia is complicated. An algorithm could change that

Scientists in the US and Australia are using artificial intelligence to keep up with an estimated 78 million dementia cases by 2030.

  • Angus Thomson
Regular scans will be needed to monitor the brains of those taking the new Alzheimer’s drug Leqembie.

First new Alzheimer’s drugs in 20 years to bring hope for early-stage patients

Experts say two drugs expected to arrive in Australia soon have helped slow cognitive decline in trials and may be a key to widespread prevention of Alzheimer’s disease.

  • Wendy Tuohy

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