SUNDAY JUNE 3 2007 

 ANOTHER RADIO 3AW HEALTH SPECIAL

A THIEF THAT MUST BE DEALT WITH 

LIVING WITH DEMENTIA 

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There is a thief amongst us that we are virtually powerless to protect ourselves against as authorities grapple with the modus operandum of this heartless robber and try to contain the crime wave. 

This thief steals our most precious possessions - our memory, our personality and our loved ones. 

This week there has been an international conference in Perth on Alzheimer's Disease and we are lucky enough to have an opportunity to speak with some of the leading researchers and clinicians who are working hard to help those people living with the devastation of Dementia. 

But even as they seek to understand this group of diseases there is much that can be done to prepare and support those going through it and help to slow  and deal with  the devastation.

Also joining me will be people who care for those with dementia and those who care for them 

Please join me this Sunday night when we talk about dementia from all angles 

MY GUESTS ON THE PROGRAM 

 Associate Professor Michael Woodward is Medical Director of Aged Care at Austin Health. He has a major interest in Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, and heads a very active research unit there. Current studies include use of a promising antibody that may actually remove form the brain the protein that causes this disease. Prof Woodward frequently presents his findings to international audiences, and has just presented a study on anti- dementia therapies at Alzheimer Australia's annual conference in Perth, and is presenting a study on those with cognitive disorders at the Alzheimer’s Association conference on Preventing Alzheimer's disease in Washington this week.


Tom  Valenta trained as a journalist and  worked in media in Melbourne, London and Johannesburg.  Since then he has worked  in public relations for approximately 30 years and is currently a Principal in  the Melbourne  office of Porter Novelli, a major international PR firm.  He is the  author of five books (two were privately commissioned and published).  He  met and married Marie in Johannesburg in 1970.  They have a  daughter, two sons and two grandsons.  Tom is aged 60.  Marie was  diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in January 2003.  Remember me, Mrs  V? was published by Michelle Anderson Publishing last  month (April).

 
Jack Sach is the General Manager Strategic Policy & Projects at Alzheimer's Australia Vic.  Prior to joining Alzheimer’s Australia Vic, Jack had 20 years as a consultant in aged and disability services planning.  His current role includes responsibility in Victoria for Policy & Advocacy, the Mind your Mind® dementia risk reduction program, research, multicultural support, consultancies, information resources, special event projects such as Dementia Awareness Month (17 Sept to 17 Oct) and related areas.
 
 Professor Henry Brodaty AO - Professor Henry Brodaty AO is an internationally recognised leader in the area of psychogeriatrics and dementia research. Professor Brodaty holds a number of positions including Professor of Psychogeriatrics, University of New South Wales; Director of the Australian Government’s Dementia Health Priority Primary Dementia Collaborative Research Centre and Director of Aged Care Psychiatry and Head of the Memory Disorders Clinic at Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney. He has served on multiple State and National committees related to dementia. He is the immediate past chairman of Alzheimer’s Disease International representing 75 international Alzheimer’s Associations, and past president of Alzheimer’s Australia and Alzheimer’s Australia (NSW). Professor Brodaty has received a number of awards including Officer of the Order of Australia for services to the health and well being of older people. He has published over 200 papers and book chapters and is on the editorial board of several journals.

 Emeritus Professor Mary Marshall - l has worked with and for older people for over 30 years as a social worker, researcher, teacher, campaigner and manager. A sabbatical in Victoria in 1982 working with people with dementia and their carers inspired her to such an extent that she left teaching to work first as director of Age Concern Scotland and then as director of the Dementia Services Development Centre at the University of Stirling. She is now retired and is writing textbooks on dementia.

 Professor Murna Downs  -  is Professor of Dementia Studies at Bradford University where she is Head of the Bradford Dementia Group, the Division of Dementia Studies. The main focus of her research has been on promoting quality of life and quality of care for people with dementia and their families. Current research includes: partnership working in primary care; and awareness and dementia. Most recently she has been writing about: end of life care; the effectiveness of educational interventions for improving primary care; and has co-edited The future of old age (Sage Publications, 2006). She is a social care adviser to Alzheimer Europe, a member of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Group to the Alzheimer’s Society and on the Executive Committee of the British Society of Gerontology. The Bradford Dementia Group offers both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Dementia Studies by distance learning, alongside an international practice development programme in Person-Centred Care and Dementia Care Mapping.

LINKS AND MORE INFO ON GUESTS AND CONTACTS 

ALZHEIMER'S AUSTRALIA  - click HERE -  click on the map for your state branch

2007 ALZHEIMER'S CONFERENCE PERTH  -  click here 

NATIONAL DEMENTIA HELPLINE IS 1800 100 500 ( interpreter service131450)