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  2. Thumbnail for Most Tasmanians over 50 didn't experience serious lockdown effects

    Most Tasmanians over 50 didn't experience serious lockdown effects

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1144-most-tasmanians-over-50-didnt-experience-serious-lockdown-effects
    23 Jun 2021: Most Tasmanians aged over 50 experienced no serious effects on dementia risk factors, such as depression, anxiety and alcohol consumption, during the COVID-19 lockdown a Tasmanian study has found. In the first study of its kind, researchers from the
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    Research confirms benefits of reduced sedative use in aged-care

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1055-research-confirms-benefits-of-reduced-sedative-use-in-aged-care
    8 Sep 2020: New research has put to the test long-held beliefs that reducing the use of sedative medications in aged care facilities would worsen symptoms. Clinica data was collected from 28 of the 150 facilities involved in RedUSe (Reducing Use of Sedatives) -
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    New age of Antarctic exploration

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/new-age-of-antarctic-exploration
    8 May 2023: People often look at me oddly when I mention that my research focuses on Antarctica. It’s not what they expect from a humanities academic. That’s understandable. Antarctica is the only continent where humans have never lived permanently. But the
  5. Thumbnail for Short film shines a light on dementia experiences

    Short film shines a light on dementia experiences

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1143-short-film-shines-a-light-on-dementia-experiences
    22 Jun 2021: An animated short film designed to highlight the social isolation often experienced by people living with dementia has been launched. The three-and-a-half-minute film, Rosa and Max, is produced by award-winning Tasmanian animator Amara Gantz in
  6. Thumbnail for Researchers to test potential of drug in fight against MND

    Researchers to test potential of drug in fight against MND

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2019/922-researchers-to-test-potential-of-drug-in-fight-against-mnd
    15 Sep 2019: There could be new hope in the fight against motor neurone disease (MND). The potential of a drug to assist in protecting nerve cells from degeneration which occurs in motor neuron disease, will begin pre-clinical testing after Tasmanian researchers
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    Caring for a special relationship

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1150-caring-for-a-special-relationship
    2 Jul 2021: The personal stories of people who become carers for their life-long companions, and how they respond and experience the shift, have been captured in a new University of Tasmania project. The Sharing is Caring project compiled stories of family
  8. Thumbnail for Cutting edge research uses ‘mini-brains’ to unlock answers

    Cutting edge research uses ‘mini-brains’ to unlock answers

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2020/1017-cutting-edge-research-uses-mini-brains-to-unlock-answers
    28 May 2020: Lab-grown human ‘mini-brains’ will be used to improve our understanding of dementia and traumatic brain injury, as part of the latest research by scientists from the University of Tasmania's Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre. There
  9. Thumbnail for Answer to brain health in the palm of our hands

    Answer to brain health in the palm of our hands

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1141-answer-to-brain-health-in-the-palm-of-our-hands
    9 Jun 2021: University of Tasmania researchers have developed and are trialing a completely new type of computer screening test using an individual’s hands, which aims to detect the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s dementia. “We know through previous
  10. Thumbnail for Placing Indigenous knowledge and culture at the heart of the University

    Placing Indigenous knowledge and culture at the heart of the…

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2023/placing-indigenous-knowledge-and-culture-at-the-heart-of-the-university
    13 Jan 2023: The core philosophy of Associate Professor Sadie Heckenberg’s approach to Indigenous engagement at university is simple: nothing about us without us. Joining the University in 2023 as Academic Director, Aboriginal Engagement, Sadie, a Wiradjuri
  11. Thumbnail for Further study boosts Danielle’s career in dementia care

    Further study boosts Danielle’s career in dementia care

    https://www.utas.edu.au/about/news-and-stories/articles/2021/1148-further-study-boosts-danielles-career-in-dementia-care
    1 Jul 2021: For Danielle Dyce, caring for the elderly has been a constant in her life. At first it was helping out after school at the nursing home her parents owned. From there she took on a variety of caring roles and also worked as a legal clerk, before

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