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Friday, April 11, 2014

Alzheimer's Australia reports on incidence and medication

Alzhiemer's Australia publishes regular reports and discussion papers on this disease.  The most recent are:

Paper 39 - Is the Incidence of Dementia Declining?  - a joint report from Alzheimer's Australia and the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing, suggesting that action on preventative health could lower the risk of dementia for future generations.  If Australians change the way they think about dementia, the growth of the disease could be reduced.

Paper 38 - The Use of Restraint and Psychotropic Medication in People with Dementia - describes how up to 80% of people with dementia and nearly half of people in residential aged care facilities are receiving psychotropic medications that in some cases are inappropriately prescribed.

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