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WADTSC Newsletter

Click on the link below to view the latest WA Dementia Training Study Centre newsletter with details on seminars, workshops and other projects and events.  Hope you enjoy.
WADTSC newsletter…

Fight Dementia Campaign – Towards a world without dementia – Alzheimer’s Australia

Alzheimer’s Australia has launched their new Fight Dementia Campaign document – Creating a Dementia-Friendly Australia along with their submission to the 2014-15 Federal Budget…. The revised campaign document outlines their vision on what needs to be done to achieve

Eden Alternative and the Neighbourhood model in the USA

In the USA the Eden Alternative and the Neighbourhood model …have changed the way that aged care is provided. The Neighborhood model is characterised by small groups of elders and care partners living within a small nursing home that honours

Dementia Networking Seminars for 2014

The WA Dementia Training Study Centre (WA DTSC) holds free dementia seminars every year to provide practical information on popular topics in dementia care and to give you the opportunity to network with colleagues. These sessions are focused on the…

World’s first dementia MOOC attracts mass registrations

The University of Tasmania’s Understanding Dementia massive open online course (MOOC) has attracted 9300 registrations from more than 60 countries, with plans to continue the course twice a year, starting again next March.  Follow this link …to the article in

Dementia Enabling Environment Project, (DEEP), newsletter

The DEEP project is about translating research on dementia design into practice.
Click here to view the latest DEEP newsletter.…

See me hear me – New DVD Resource

9 May 2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nungoo Ngich Dunga Ngich, ‘See me hear me’ in the Nyungar language, is the title of a DVD being produced through the WA Dementia Training Study Centre. The film documents…

WA April 2013 seminar – now available online

A guest seminar by Dr Andrew Stafford on 10 April 2013 on Medication Review Process is now available to view online.
Click here to view the lecture on DTSC eLearning Lectures.…
 
 

March 2013 guest seminar now available to view online

The WA DTSC March Guest Seminar by Professor Leon Flicker is now available to view online through the DTSC eLearning Lectures.
Click here to go to the eLearning Lectures page.…

Alzheimer’s Australia WA Calendar of Events – Public Lectures 2013

Alzheimer’s Australia WA, The Care and the Cure Public Lecture Series 2013
For a list of speakers and registration information click the below link.
Alzheimer’s Australia WA Calendar of events – Public lectures 2013…