Thank you #ProfSueKurrle for highlighting the importance of #dementia #rehabilitation / #reablement at #ANZSGM2025

Marianne Piano@mporthoptics.bsky.social · last yr.

Susan Kurrle AO on how neurologists etc refer to geriatricians after a dementia diagnosis for "managing everything else" in her talk about managing multimorbidity for people living with dementia #ANZSGM2025

#rainbows in #Adelaide 🏳️‍🌈

Here’s a simple, science-backed way to sharpen your thinking and improve your memory theconversation.com/heres-a-simp...

Here’s a simple, science-backed way to sharpen your thinking and improve your memory

Moving your body can have a big impact on your brain – and it doesn’t have to be a workout at the gym.

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Just found out that this paper was among the top 10 most-cited papers published by the Health Promotion Journal of Australia in 2023! #TopCitedArticle #AustralianHealthPromotionAssociation #HammondCare #ArtsOnPrescription #AoP for people living with #Dementia doi.org/10.1002/hpja... @wiley.com

Steps to implementation: Understanding barriers and enablers for implementing Arts on Prescription at Home for people impacted by dementia

Issue addressed Arts on Prescription at Home (AoP@Home) involves a professional artist visiting a person with dementia and their informal carer(s) in their own home to engage them in participatory a...

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Proud of this paper from my ILP honours student Alexis Campbell on implementing a #reablement program with a person living with #dementia You can read it here: doi.org/10.1177/1471... #UNSWMedicine&Health #HammondCare

Implementing reablement for community dwelling people with dementia: A formative evaluation using single-case experimental design - Alexis Campbell, Christopher J Poulos, Caroline Takla, Joy Allen, Ky...

Background Reablement is recommended to maximise functioning in people with dementia, yet in Australia, is not routinely available. This study aimed to provide ...

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Taking the important issue of #reablement and #rehabilitation for people living with #dementia to #Parliament house as part of #SMP2025. Thanks to @allegraspender.bsky.social for meeting with us. #ScienceTechnologyAustralia #UNSWAgeingFuturesInstitute #HammondCare #NationalCentreForHealthyAgeing

Inside #Parliament house and pumped for day 2 of #SMP2025

Do you know the name of the moon in an Indigenous language? If you said no, you’re not alone. Despite their long history, very few Australians are taught the names and stories of Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, a poignant point from John-Paul Janke at Science Meets Parliament #SMP2025

Anyone going to Parliament House for #SMP2025, make sure you stop and smell these roses in the eastern garden. Wow! #roses #mindfulness #beauty #nature #Canberra #garden

Very happy to be at #SMP2025 and learning so much! #communication #stories #relationships #science #policy #R&D #research #community #Australia

Trip to #Canberra for #SMP2025 provided amazing reminder of the beauty of #nature! #clouds #IFeelSmall #flying #science #weather

Here is the link to the #reablement in #dementia #ReableDem Catalogue: bpb-ap-se2.wpmucdn.com/blogs.auckla...

Want to know more about #Dementia #policy in #Australia and where #reablement fits? Check out our brief article @ journalofdementiacare.com #AJDC #AustralianJournalofDementiaCare

For a #brief overview of our recent work around #Arts on Prescription at Home for people living with #dementia, visit: www.unsw.edu.au/content/dam/... #AoP #AoP@Home #UNSWAgeingFuturesInstitute #HammondCare

#NoPrideInGenocide #InvasionDay #SurvivalDay #Jan26 #NotADateToCelebrate #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe

#veg #harvest #fresh #garden #IDoMakeFriendsWithSalad #SimplePleasures #salad

Missed out on smelling “Putricia” last night @ #SydneyBotanicGardens www.youtube.com/live/TBQelEo... but got to enjoy this view instead: #SilverLinings #Sydney #CorpseFlower #Endangered

Loved the opportunity to nerd out with Mr 6 about this “Corpse Flower” aka Bunga Bangkai (Indonesian), Titan Arum or Amorphophallus titanum in #Sydney #Gadigal #STEMM #science #endangered Check out the live stream to watch it bloom! www.youtube.com/live/mrylcCA...

Can totally understand why we’re having to compete with all the local critters to enjoy some of this at the moment! #brainfood #dinner #fresh #garden #veggies

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Take part in a research study about non-binary people's experiences of family violence

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Here it is! The National Dementia Action Plan 2024-2034 #dementia #australia #reablement www.health.gov.au/our-work/nat...

😂🙌 Loving the @altmetric.com chats that are going on right now! Welcome to bluer skies! 🌈

Altmetric@altmetric.com · 2y ago

When online, we all need to engage in a bit more "lateral reading to verify sources and information" @aunz.theconversation.com

Asher Wolf@asherwolf.bsky.social · 2y ago

97% of adult Australians have limited skills to verify information online – new report theconversation.com/97-of-adult-...

If you are interested in learning more about how to #design and #evaluate #reablement programs for people living with #dementia, check out these FREE resources: www.hammond.com.au/reablement

One for the #OccupationalTherapists - WFOT has put out its call for reviewers (and the call for abstracts is open) for the 2026 world conference. wfotcongress2026.org In a rather baffling side note of #cybersecurity - the hospital IT systems blocks the website because it is new 😑

“Almost half of #dementia potentially preventable from tackling 14 risk factors” #AAIC24 ⁦@Gill_Livingston.bsky.social www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... @thelancet.bsky.social

Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2024 report of the Lancet standing Commission

The 2024 update of the Lancet Commission on dementia provides new hopeful evidence about dementia prevention, intervention, and care. As people live longer, the number of people who live with dementia...

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Our 2 recent papers on #Arts on Prescription at Home #AoPatHome for people living with #dementia are now both open access. Check them out here: doi.org/10.1177/0891... and here: doi.org/10.1002/hpja... @HammondCare @AgeingFutures @neuraustralia @UNSW

Great to see our work on #Arts on Prescription at Home (#AoP@Home) for people living with #dementia featured by the @AgeingFutures: unsw.edu.au/news/2024/09... @HammondCare

Arts on Prescription: Bringing Creativity Home for People Living with Dementia

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