NARI is pleased to announce that we have been successful in receiving a Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) Dementia Ageing and Aged Care Mission Grant of $2.9 million for our latest translational research project titled: ‘iSupport Digital (iSupport-D) intervention for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) family carers and people living with dementia’.
NARI Ambassadors, Dr Don Edgar and Patricia Edgar unpack the problems facing the Medicare system in a discussion recently published in John Menadue’s Public Policy Journal ‘Pearls and Irritations.’
NARI and La Trobe support the vision and principles underlying the National Plan and welcome government investment in the focus areas identified in the National Plan.
New ground-breaking research from Australia’s National Ageing Research Institute (NARI), Known as the IMproving INterpreting for Dementia ASsessmEnTs (MINDSET) study, has demonstrated that online training of interpreters significantly advances the quality of communication during cognitive assessments for dementia.
A recent publication co-authored by NARI Director, Professor Tracy Comans, has revealed that fall-related injuries in Australia’s residential aged care could be costing the health system $325 million annually. The National Ageing Research Institute’s falls prevention in residential aged care workshops could be used as models for implementation nationwide.
