Media releases

Currently an estimated 487,000 people are living with dementia in Australia, a number predicted to rise to almost 1.1 million by 2058. Dementia experts call for dementia care after diagnosis to be recognised as a human right Planned post-diagnosis dementia treatment, care and support are vital to improving the quality of life for people with dement

The impact of discrimination on people living with dementia can lead to delays in diagnosis and increased social isolation, a new report, released today for Dementia Action Week and World Alzheimer’s Day, has found.

A free events toolkit to enable community groups, workplaces and individuals show their support for people living with dementia during Dementia Action Week is now available.   The theme of Dementia Action Week 2022, which runs from Monday 19 September to Sunday 25 September, is ‘A little support makes a big difference’. 

Dementia Australia today reiterated the need for regular dementia education for aged care workers, as recommended in the Final Report of the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety.

Celebrity supporters, Ambassadors, Patron Ita Buttrose AC OBE and a person living with dementia have combined forces and lent their voices to an audiobook version of Dementia Australia’s Dementia Guide.  

Dementia Australia is today launching the latest module in the Ask Annie app, ahead of Aged Care Employee Day on Sunday, to enhance care workers’ knowledge of how our body language can impact a person living with dementia.

Dementia Australia welcomes the Federal Government’s swift action in prioritising aged care in the first week of the new parliament. Maree McCabe AM, CEO Dementia Australia said we are looking forward to working with the Albanese government to implement these and other measures that support dementia including targeted education.

Research projects that will test how acoustic sleep technology and a new drug treatment can help reduce toxins associated with the development of Alzheimer’s disease will share $750,000 in funding from the Dementia Australia Research Foundation.

Today on World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, Dementia Australia, in partnership with IOOF Foundation and Insignia Financial, is releasing a new education module in the Ask Annie app, to improve all care workers’ knowledge on financial elder abuse. 

Dementia Australia congratulates Dementia Advocate Val Fell OAM for her inclusion in the Queen’s Birthday Honours, receiving the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the General Division. Mrs Fell has been honoured for her service to people impacted by dementia.

Innovative Dementia Australia technology solutions and programs helping to improve the lives of people living with dementia, their families and carers will be showcased at the Alzheimer’s Disease International Conference 2022 in London this week. 

Dementia Australia thanks and congratulates rugby league and Penrith Panthers legend Royce Simmons, who walked 300km in just 11 days, raising more than $650,000 to support the Dementia Australia Research Foundation (DARF). Earlier this year, Royce publicly revealed that he had been diagnosed with younger onset Alzheimer’s disease, at the age of 61.