The insurance Council of Australia recently confirmed that more than 55% of claims are currently Mental Health and Stress related and growing rapidly. For those living with a mental illness they need to be able to better access support to create more mentally healthy...
Sensibly, everyone seems to be planning for an ageing Australia. But no one is mentioning the elephant in the room. We are all well aware that as the proportion of younger adults in the population declines, many more older Australians will need and want to work,...
The effects of dementia can be seen on the left as compared with a healthy brain on the right. Legal practitioners need to be more wary than most of the risk of dementia, writes DR NICOLA GATES. Recently, a 64-year-old practising barrister...
There is an ever-increasing need to know how to spot the early signs of dementia in the workplace, and to respond sensitively and effectively. By Dr Nicola Gates, Brain and Mind Psychology Cognitive decline is an issue gaining prominence in the workforce as...
It is estimated that by 2050 the world population over the age of 60 will be 2 billion (Figure 1.1) (5). Population ageing is occurring rapidly in LMIC. A clearly negative effect of rapid ageing of the population is the increase in the number of people with dementia....
