Ageing and dementia in Aboriginal Australians: promoting vitality, identifying decline and supporting communities [ 2016 - ]

Research Grant

Researchers: Dr Kylie Radford (Principal investigator)

Brief description Dementia is a growing concern and burden on communities for Aboriginal Australians. This fellowship will develop effective, culturally appropriate, and accessible strategies to promote healthy brain ageing and prevent dementia in Aboriginal communities. It will also investigate better ways to assess memory and thinking in this population, in order to identify changes as early as possible for enhanced dementia research and treatment prospects.

Funding Amount $603,411.00

Funding Scheme Boosting Dementia Research Initiative

Notes NHMRC - ARC Dementia Research Development Fellowship