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Vol 5 No 5 October/November 2016
Australian Journal of Dementia Care
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DCRC SPEC I AL I SSUE : THE B I G P I CTURE I N DEMENT I A RESEARCH
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
• DCRC funding renewed,
under NHMRC
• Launch of Centre for
Healthy Brain Ageing
(CHeBA, UNSW Australia)
• 1st DCRC Forum held in
Canberra
• Position paper on KT in
dementia research
• 1st app: Brainy App
• DCRC funding renewed,
under NHMRC National
Institute for Dementia
Research (NNIDR)
• DCRCs a member
organisation of NNIDR (as
a unitary research
program)
• 1st Dementia KT Forum,
co-hosted by the DTSCs
• DCRC National Grant
scheme
• 1st Australian
website dedicated
to dementia
Knowledge Translation
launched (Dementia KT Hub)
• DYNOPTA (Dynamic
Analyses to Optimise
Ageing) - risk for dementia
modelling on 9 pooled
Aust. longitudinal studies
of ageing
• COSMIC established
(Cohort Studies of Memory
in an International
Consortium)
• Psychosocial Research
Consortium (PROMOTE)
established
• BrainInflame consortium
for ageing research
established
• International Centenarian
Consortium (ICC-
Dementia)
• STROKOG (consortium of
longitudinal studies of
cognitive disorders post-
stroke)
• Maintain Your Brain
launch (led by CHeBA
UNSW Australia; cohort
from Sax Institute ‘45
And Up’ study)
• Work in progress: proposal
for a National Dementia
Registry in Australia
• Productivity Commission
Inquiry Caring for Older
Australians
• CEPAR launched (ARC
Centre of Excellence in
Population Ageing
Research)
• Launch of
Australian
Journal of Dementia Care
• Dementia recognised as
ninth national health
priority area
• Living Longer Living Better
Aged Care reform package
• NHMRC Cognitive Decline
Partnership Centre launch
• Understanding Dementia
MOOC launched (Wicking
DREC)
• Australian Aged Care
Quality Agency launch
• National Institute of
Dementia Research
(NNIDR) established
• First Ministerial Dementia
Forum held
• My Aged Care launched
• Severe Behaviour
Response Teams (SBRTs)
launched
• Clinical Practice Guidelines
for Dementia Care launched
• Dementia Training Australia
to deliver national dementia
training program
• Dementia Support Australia
to provide national DBMAS
Celebrating a Decade of DCRC Activities and Outputs
2011 National Quality of Life in Age Care Survey
1st extensive quality of life study for people with dementia in Australian residential aged care commences
2011 1st comprehensive program on social robots in dementia
2014 APLAWD
About People Living Alone with Dementia: 1st Australian community audit
2014 SexAT (Sexuality Assessment Tool)
for people with dementia developed
14 Essentials for Good Dementia Care for GPs
Desktop resource launched 2011, online self-guided learning module launched 2014
2012 DBMAS Guide to Good Practice: Managing Behavioural
and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia
nationally disseminated resources including handbooks, app, posters and flip cards
2011 1st National research capacity survey in residential aged care
2012 ANU-ADRI
Launch of 1st validated online risk assessment for
Alzheimer's disease (paper version), with online
version in 2014 and short form in 2015 (paper only)
2015 Timely Diagnosis of Dementia
Dementia assessment included for the 1st
time in Australian Electronic Medical Record
2015 Launch of 1st e-learning
tool for banking sector on
dementia and financial abuse
2015: Launch of Care4Dementia app for carers
2015 Dementia Care Competency
Framework (NSW Health)
2014 Kids4Dementia
1st program for Australian schools
2013 INSPIRED study
Improving Service Provision
for Early Onset Dementia
Respite Care Guide
Launched 2014
2016 First major
Australian trial of
consumer directed care
commences in
residential aged care
(led by ACU, DCRC
funded/collaboration)