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Specialist Dementia Care for Severe Behaviours
A research collaboration between the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), UNSW Sydney and The Dementia Centre, HammondCare, has retrospectively reviewed the effectiveness of Special Dementia Care Programmes, for people with very severe behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia.
Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) – which include hallucinations, anxiety, agitation, aggression, apathy and depression – occur in up to 90% of people living with dementia. These symptoms occur with greater frequency as the disease progresses.
It is estimated that less than 10% of Australians living with dementia will demonstrate aggressive behaviours that are deemed unmanageable in mainstream care, and only 1% will manifest very severe symptoms, indicating the necessity for specialist programmes to stabilise and reduce symptoms over time to enable transition back to a less intensive care setting.
Funding Success to Develop iSupport Program in Australia and Greater China
Co-Director of UNSW Sydney’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), Professor Henry Brodaty, along with a team of national and international researchers, have been the successful recipients of a $400,000 award to strengthen professional collaboration in dementia caregiver education and research in Australia and Greater China.
The project, led by Flinders University, will showcase Australia’s excellence in dementia care and research by developing a Chinese iSupport program. It is funded by the Australian Government’s National Foundation for Australia-China Relations; an initiative established in 2020 to strengthen understanding and engagement between Australia and China.