No amount of wild weather could stop Olympic Bronze Medalist Owen Wright and 1999 World Surfing Champion Mark Occhilupo from joining Sydney’s property industry executives on Friday 5 April, to surf in support of critical research into Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias led… Read More
HELENA HUDSON | h.hudson@unsw.edu.au
Wipeout Dementia continued its success on Friday 24 March, with 56 surfers from the property industry raising over $224,000 towards critical research into Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias led by the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Research published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity provides evidence to support that living with others, community group engagement and never feeling lonely are associated with slower cognitive decline.
It is widely recognised that poor… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Dementia experts from around the globe are calling for dementia care after diagnosis to be recognised as a human right.
The call from world-leading experts - including UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) Co-Directors… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Wipeout Dementia hits $2 million raised on the back of the property industry’s 25 March Bondi Beach event, with 64 heavy hitters raising nearly $350,000 to support critical research into Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias led by the… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Senior executives across Australia’s property industry and 1999 World Surfing Champion Mark Occhilupo have joined forces to defeat dementia, with more than 50 organisations being represented in what will be the biggest Wipeout Dementia… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
An international research collaboration has found that high occupational complexity is associated with dementia-free survival time, highlighting the importance of maintaining cognitive stimulation throughout life for lowering the risk of… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
With dementia impacting 55 million people globally, the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) today launches Change Makers – Next Gen Philanthropy, in partnership with KPMG, and in line with World Alzheimer’s Day.
With a vision of… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Today is World Alzheimer's Day. With 150 million people expected to have dementia world-wide by 2050, CHeBA's Co-Directors Professor Perminder Sachdev and Professor Henry Brodaty encourage everyone to assist in the global effort to raise… Read More
International research led by the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) at UNSW Sydney suggests that depression is more likely to be attributable to dementia-related brain changes than a risk factor or reaction to the disease.
Depression commonly accompanies Alzheimer’s… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
An international research study led by the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) at UNSW Sydney has provided further support to the finding that more years of education are associated with a decreased risk of dementia.
The research,… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
45 heavy hitters from across Australia’s property industry have led the most successful Wipeout Dementia to date, raising over $200,000 for dementia research at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), UNSW Sydney.
The Surf Off event… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
It is estimated that by 2050 the world’s older population will have doubled to 2 billion and, by just 2020, individuals aged above 60 years will have outnumbered children younger than five. Clearly, we have many fundamental and complex… Read More
HEIDI DOUGLASS | h.douglass@unsw.edu.au
Latest research led by the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) at UNSW Sydney has identified global prevalence and common risk factors for cognitive impairment following a stroke.
The research, published in Neurology, harmonised data… Read More
Richard Grellman AM is Chairman of IPH Limited, FBR Limited and Spokesman for The Dementia Momentum at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA).
We are all aware that with a rapidly expanding ageing population, dementia is set to bring an enormous challenge to health, aged… Read More
