Participate in CHeBA's SocialCognition Ageing Study Seeking volunteers! We are currentlyrecruiting participants over 60 years for anexciting new study that aims to enhancesocial function and well-being. Must be 60+and speak English.https://bit.ly/CHeBAsocial

CHeBA in the Media: $70m a Year forHigh Need Dementia Network

With the first steps toward a national networkof Specialist Dementia Care Units underway,CHeBA's Co-Director Professor HenryBrodaty said "there would be a challenge inallocating the limited number of beds giventhere were an estimated 4,400 Australianswith severe dementia symptoms."

CHeBA in the Media: Whole FoodsOver Supplements for Better BrainHealth

Latest research - a collaboration betweenCHeBA, UNSW Sydney, DCRC and theUniversity of Sydney - published in theJournal of Alzheimer's disease indicates apositive link between healthy dietarypatterns and better brain health in olderadults.

In Memory of Colin Watson

This week we pay tribute to Colin Watson,who passed away after his journey withdementia. Pictured in 1974 in the Top Endwith son Steve Watson (then aged 7) – whois two-time highest fundraiser and teamcaptain in the property industry WipeoutDementia. Steve says the photo, whichclearly shows his Dad’s youthful vitality, is agreat counterpoint to his frailty andconfusion in his later years.

NNIDR Public Lecture Tour -Registration Open CHeBA's Co-Director Professor HenryBrodaty will be speaking at the Sydneyportion of the NNIDR National Public LectureTour. The events consist of a keynoteaddress, an expert panel presentation andopen discussion. Relevant for researchers,people with dementia, their carers and theirfamilies.

CHeBA Visiting Lecture: ProfessorVladimir Hachinski Can We Begin Preventing Some DementiasNow? Leading figure in vascular dementiaand stroke, and former president of theWorld Neurological Association, ProfessorVladimir Hachinski, is CHeBA's VisitingLecturer and presenting on this topic. Allwelcome with light refreshments served.

Cycling Without Age with Dr VibekeCatts CHeBA's Older Australian Twins Study Co-ordinator, Dr Vibeke Catts, has joined over13,000 Cycling Without Age volunteersworld-wide in piloting purpose-built trishawswhich provide seniors from MontefioreHome the opportunity to get outdoors. "Theoldest passenger from Montefiore I havecycled with is 102 years,” said Dr Catts.

GP Mental Health Forum CHeBA's Co-Director, Professor HenryBrodaty, who is also Head of the MemoryClinic at the Prince of Wales Hospital, isone of the speakers at the GP MentalHealth Forum, which aims to providepractical knowledge and tools which couldimprove medical services.

Charity Night - Martin Gregory

CHeBA supporter Martin Gregory is takingon a one-off charity fight night to raise fundsfor The Dementia Momentum, in honour ofhis father's own fight with dementia. If youwould like to support Martin you can gettickets at www.corporatefighter.com.au orsponsor him by making a donation on hisfundraising page.

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