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Last updated: 03 Aug 2012

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Co-Directors' Message

Codirectors

Thank you to those people who have already kindly donated to our iRemember Community Project Appeal. This project fits well as part of our Wicking Centre education program, as we aim to dispel the stigma of dementia, sharing information about Alzheimer’s disease (being the most common form of dementia) and about our research findings in best practice care for all symptoms of this life-limiting illness.

Feature Project

Feature Project

We are about to embark with Alzheimer's Australia Tas on conducting personal interviews with people with dementia about the efficacy of our memory cases (the iRemember community project). Would you like to donate to support the cost of carrying out this rewarding research in the community? When completed by the end of this year, the great bonus will be that the best possible iRemember cases will then be made available for loan from the Museum from early 2013 – a free community resource for the benefit and enjoyment of people with dementia and their carers throughout Tasmania.

News

News

Wicking Centre: new Associate Degree in Dementia Care. Find out more about this 16-unit, part-time course for anyone interested in aged/dementia care.

And starting early August: School of Medicine Short Course Program, designed to assist health professionals to meet their unique workplace learning needs and Continuing Professional Development requirements.

Upcoming Events

Upcoming events

FOR YOUR DIARY

The UTAS Open Day is being held on Sunday 26 August from 10am-3pm across the state. Learn more about the new Wicking Associate Degree in Dementia Care. And feel free to come and meet some of our Wicking Centre staff on the Tasmanian Healthy Brain Project stand – free lollies too! If you are 50 to 79, come and learn how you can get involved in a world-first dementia study while you study at UTAS.

Profile

Profile

Dr Carolyn King is Chief Investigator on the iRemember community project, working with Project Officer Netty Gibson, the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and Alzheimer's Australia Tasmania. This study consults people with dementia about innovative reminiscence therapy memory cases. Carolyn is also a community educator for the flagship Wicking Centre's Tasmanian Healthy Brain Project and is a Lecturer in Biosciences in the UTAS School of Medicine.

How Can You Help?

How You Can Help

We're trialling a social media presence and have created a Facebook page for the iRemember community project. Please show your support; visit us on Facebook and iRemember. We currently have 75 'Likes' and we'd love to spread the word about this project throughout other networks, so please 'Like' the page and also share it amongst your colleagues, family and friends.