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For projects to achieve life-improving treatments for people as they age, the Australian Government has announced an additional $22.9m in research grants into dementia, the leading cause of death in Australia.<\/p>\n
As part of the Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Mission<\/a> and delivered through the Medical Research Future Fund, eight grants up to five years have been approved in the latest round.<\/p>\n For an online project called Maintain Your Brain (MYB<\/a>), aimed at improving quality of life and delaying cognitive decline with aging, a $3 million grant has been awarded; leading the research is 2026 Senior Australian of the Year, Professor Henry Brodaty AO<\/a> from the University of New South Wales. Already Brodaty research has shown that online active coaching under MYB reduced dementia risk and improves cognition.<\/p>\n Also awarded has been a $900,000 grant for a project led by Dr Diana Karamacoska<\/a> from Western Sydney University. The grant will support the expansion of Dementia Friends Unite, a community-led dementia education and care program for culturally diverse older people and their families.<\/p>\n \u201cResearch is key,\u201d Minister for Health and Ageing Mark Butler said. \u201cDementia is not a normal part of aging and up to 45% of cases globally can be avoided or delayed through 14 modifiable risk factors. Most risk factors present in mid-life. \u200bTimely diagnosis and early intervention can slow progression of disease.<\/p>\n \u201cThe funding for these projects will enable our best and brightest researchers in this field to make a real difference for people living with or at risk of dementia.\u201d<\/p>\n To support research that will enable older Australians to maintain their health and quality of life as they age, live independently for longer and access quality care when they need it, $185 million is being invested by the Dementia, Ageing and Aged Care Mission. You can find other research projects awarded in the latest round of funding here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Image credit: iStock.com\/SDI Productions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For projects to achieve life-improving treatments for people as they age, the Australian Government has announced an additional…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[344078,64,63,9757,344082,344083,344081,137,344079,344080],"class_list":["post-707348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-ageing-and-aged-care-mission","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-dementia","tag-dementia-friends-unite","tag-dementia-research","tag-dr-diana-karamacoska","tag-health","tag-maintain-your-brain-myb","tag-professor-henry-brodaty-ao"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}