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Is This Dementia?
by the Centre of Research Excellence in Enhanced Dementia Diagnosis
Join us as we talk about all things dementia diagnosis, management and care
Episodes
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S2 Ep5: Speech Pathology and Dementia
In this episode of Is This Dementia?, hosts Darsh and Sarah sit down with Kym Torresi, a speech pathologist with over 30 years of experience supporting people living with dementia. Kym shares her person-first perspective on dementia, explaining why communication and swallowing support are…
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S2 Ep4: Heart & Healing: Registered Nurses Leading the Way in Dementia and Aged Care
In this heartfelt and insightful episode, hosts Darsh Ayton and Sarah Carmody speak with Professor Helen Rawson, a registered nurse and deputy head of Monash University's School of Nursing and Midwifery. Helen shares her personal journey as a carer for her mother living with dementia and reflects...
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S2 Ep3: Occupational Therapy and Dementia Support
In this episode of Is This Dementia?, hosts Darsh Ayton and Sarah Carmody are joined by Christina Wyatt, a seasoned occupational therapist and Professional Practice Advisor at Occupational Therapy Australia. With over two decades of experience across aged care, rehabilitation, and disability...
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S2 Ep2: Eye care and dementia
Join our conversation with Dr Marianne Coleman, an orthoptist and researcher working at the National Centre for Healthy Ageing, a collaboration between Monash University and Peninsula Health. Marianne's dementia research has been funded by the UK Royal Society of Medicine, Fight for Sight (the…
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S2 Ep1: Down Syndrome and Dementia
Listen to our conversation with Dr. Madeleine Healy, a passionate geriatrician and general physician supporting people living with dementia. Madeleine works across Monash Health and HammondCare, bringing her expertise to memory clinics, acute and subacute services, residential aged care, and...
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S1 Ep7: The Clinical Psychologist and Dementia Researcher
Associate Professor Yen Ying Lim is a clinical psychologist and researcher. Her primary research interests are in integrating and translating the effects of genetic, biological, and lifestyle factors on cognitive decline and clinical disease progression in Alzheimer’s disease. She is also...
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S1 Ep6: The Metropolitan Geriatrician
Associate Professor Michael Woodward is Head of Aged Care Research and the Memory Clinic at Austin Health in Melbourne, Victoria. He is a specialist in geriatric medicine with major interests in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and other dementias. He is Principal Investigator for…
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S1 Ep5: The Neuropsychiatrist
Associate Professor Samantha Loi is an old age psychiatrist and neuropsychiatrist working at the Royal Melbourne Hospital Neuropsychiatry service and Department of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne. Sam is the current Victorian Chair of the Faculty of Psychiatry of Old Age of the Royal...
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S1 Ep4: The Rural Geriatrician
Mark Yates is a geriatrician in Ballarat, Victoria and Associate Professor at Deakin University. He is Clinical Lead for Safer Care Victoria’s Age Friendly Health Services 4Ms Program, lead geriatrician in the Grampians Region Cognitive Dementia and Memory Service CDAMS and is involved in many...
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S1 Ep3: The Neurologist
Professor Amy Brodtmann is a cognitive neurologist, with a research background in stroke, neuroimaging and dementia. Amy sheds light on the intricate world of dementia, revealing it as more than just a blanket term for memory loss. Just as heart disease signifies heart failure and kidney disease...
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S1 Ep2: The General Practitioner
Professor Dimity Pond is a general practitioner and has honorary Professor positions at Newcastle University, University of New England and the University of Tasmania with the Wicking Dementia Research and Teaching Centre. Dimity has a passion and interest in dementia and aged care. Dimity...
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S1 Ep1: The Neuroscientist
Professor Scott Ayton is the Director of the Centre of Research Excellence in Enhanced Dementia Diagnosis (CREEDD) and head of the Dementia Mission and the Translational Neurodegeneration Group at The Florey Neuroscience Institute. Professor Scott Ayton shares with us the intriguing world of...
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Welcome to Season 1 of 'Is this Dementia?'
Welcome to “Is This Dementia?”—a podcast brought to you by the Centre of Research Excellence in Enhanced Dementia Diagnosis. In our debut episode, hosts Darsh and Sarah share the compelling inspiration behind this series. After conducting interviews with individuals across Australia who have gone...
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