
Dr Shrink - neuropsychiatrist, old age psychiatrist, clinician-researcher, mum and advocate of asylum seekers. Views my own #YOD #Neuropsychiatry @UniMelbMDHS
Melbourne
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Our new narrative review on #YOD in the @theMJA comes at a time when this disease is having increased recognition
insightplus.mja.com.au/2023/…
@MonicaCations @levned @UniMelbMDHS @ADNeT_Australia @DementiaAus – at Melbourne, Victoria
Associate Professor Samantha Loi, MD, PhD retweeted
To help aged care homes meet the cost of delivering care and services:
✔️Australian National Aged Care Classification price will be $295.64 from 1 Oct.
✔️Hotelling Supplement will be $22.15 per resident per day from 20 Sep.
Learn more 💻 health.gov.au/our-work/AN-AC…
Great paper here from our colleagues in Canberra 👇 – at Melbourne, Victoria
New paper: Pilot of a multicomponent program for people with dementia and their care partners: Health services staff expectations, experiences and observations doi.org/10.1177/147130122513… @UC_CARAT @DMGibson1 @Kasia_Bail @StephenIsbel @angiefearon @KellettDr @UniCanberra
Please watch and learn from those in the field who are, and support children and adolescents with parents who have #YOD – at Melbourne, Victoria
Recent research has found that 52% of participants with young onset dementia (YOD) had children living with them but only 12% received appropriate support. Watch this webinar from ADNeT's YOD-SIG group on how we can change this statistic➡️ buff.ly/3P49Akt @ypinh #dementia
Associate Professor Samantha Loi, MD, PhD retweeted
Recent research has found that 52% of participants with young onset dementia (YOD) had children living with them but only 12% received appropriate support. Watch this webinar from ADNeT's YOD-SIG group on how we can change this statistic➡️ buff.ly/3P49Akt @ypinh #dementia
Thanks to the @abcmelbourne @normanswan and Tegan Taylor for shining a light on #YOD and #musictherapy @ClaireJCad @vca_mcm @UniMelbMDHS @TheRMH when NDIS is considering the removal of this essential service
abc.net.au/listen/programs/h… – at Melbourne, Victoria
Please consider attending this important webinar events.humanitix.com/support…
@DementiaAus – at Melbourne, Victoria
ADNeT YOD-Sig Webinar: Supporting children and adolescents with a parent with young onset dementia events.humanitix.com/support…... Join us on 12th December at midday AEST @ADNeT_Australia @DementiaAus @Doctor_Samba @JadeCartwright @DrAdrienneW
I was lucky to be involved in this podcast with a cast of amazing and dedicated clinicians and researchers wanting to "act now" for dementia. – at Melbourne, Victoria
#DementiaActionWeek - thru the NHMRC CRE in Enhanced Dementia Diagnosis we interviewed people across Australia about their experiences of dementia diagnosis. From their questions we created season 1 of our podcast (co-hosted with @carmody_sarah) called 'Is this Dementia?' 👇🏾
Excited to contribute to be part of the leadership group in updating the Clinical Guidelines and Principles of Care for people living with dementia
health.gov.au/ministers/the-…
Humbled to be chosen by the Editor of #AusHealthReview for our paper which provides epidemiological detail from CMI about people with #YOD and registrations with mental health triage in Vic @superdha @levned – at Melbourne, Victoria
Read the new #EditorChoice paper, published #OpenAccess in #AusHealthReview:
'Younger people with dementia registered to public mental health services in Victoria, Australia' by @Doctor_Samba, Dhamidhu Eratne and Dennis Velakoulis.
publish.csiro.au/AH/AH23253
Trainee takeover!!
CALLING ALL TRAINEES/CLOSE TO TRAINEE PSYCHIATRISTS!!
Submit your manuscripts by 20 July for the Dec 2024 'Trainee takeover' edition of @AP_RANZCP
First author must be a trainee/med student/junior doctor/early career psychiatrist.
journals.sagepub.com/author-…
Fab new review looking at sex & gender differences in resilience in AD. Great leadership from @ArenazaEider 👇 – at Melbourne, Victoria
🚨 New publication! Sex & gender differences in cognitive resilience to aging and Alzheimer's ♂️♀️@alzassociation @ISTAART @ReservePIA @SexAndGenderPIA @alzdemjournals
Huge thanks to all coauthors!
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3896…
Phenocopy vs bvFTD? Facial recognition may help distinguish 👇 – at Melbourne, Victoria
Published today: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… “Social Cognition differentiates phenocopy-bvFTD from #bvFTD”. Great work by @MP_vanEngelen that can help clinicians when in diagnostic doubt!
Great paper on the benefits of rehab for #YOD – at Melbourne, Victoria
🚨"Rehabilitation services for Young-Onset dementia" is out!🚨
In this new paper we:
✅ Describe evidence-based rehabilitation therapies for YOD
✅ Provide real examples of services from 3 continents 🌏
✅ Discuss telehealth in YOD rehabilitation 💻
➡️: mdpi.com/1660-4601/21/6/790
Please consider this study for those of you looking after people with anxiety - exercise trial 🚶♀️🤸♀️🪂 – at Melbourne, Victoria
Exercise Therapy to Reduce Anxiety - ExTRA project is looking for individuals aged 40-79 interested in participating in an online exercise intervention aiming to reduce anxiety symptoms. For more info visit extra.keyleadhealth.com/ with @andiPartovi @Doctor_Samba @kaarin_anstey
Please consider!! – at Melbourne, Victoria
Attention #RANZCPtrainees + early career psychiatrists! You're invited to participate in the @AP_RANZCP art competition. The selected artwork will be on the front cover of the Dec 24 'Trainee Takeover' special edition.
Email your entry to [email protected] by 20 September.





















