Harbour Neurology

05/09/2025

Relevant to all ages and stages of life, the next guest speaker event at St Marks....Clinical Psychologist, Melissa Levi, will be offering relevant, practical information about ‘Big Conversations Every Family Should Have About Ageing, Dementia, and Care’ on Thursday 18 September at 6pm in the church. St Mark’s is delighted to be offering this event as a way of supporting our community as we all navigate the joys and challenges of the different stages of life.

This is a great opportunity to start planning positively for both your future and to help those you love. So book now and also spread the word widely about this timely talk. Bookings: https://stmarksdp.org/whats-on/ Tickets are only $10, and this event is proudly supported by Woollahra Council.

Hope to see you there!
Venue: St Mark's Anglican Church Darling Pt

03/09/2025

Ageing successfully with (and without) dementia

Friday 12 September 2.00 pm - 3.00 pm
Location: Hornsby Library, 28-44 George Street, Hornsby
Event cost: Free. Bookings are essential.
Contact: Hornsby Library
Email: library@hornsby.nsw.gov.au

03/09/2025

Free Screening of award-winning documentary "Everybody's Oma" for Dementia Action Week

Thursday 18 September 10.00 am - 12.30 pm
Location: Hornsby Library, 28-44 George Street, Hornsby
Event cost: Free. Bookings essential as tickets are strictly limited.
Contact: Sue Downing
Phone: 9847 6889

Everybody’s Oma is a beautiful dementia care story about filmmaker, Jason van Genderen’s ageing mother, Oma.

Part of Hello Hornsby

To increase understanding of people living with Dementia and their Carers, Council are hosting a screening of this heartwarming documentary.

30/08/2025

Dr Rowena Mobbs is looking forward to presenting on and brain health for life at the Women's Agenda Health & Wellbeing Summit 2025 next week. The program is packed full of info to help us lead productive and healthy lives, including neurological wellbeing on:
🧠 Brain injury and CTE
🧠 Migraine mysteries and treatments
🧠 Dementia prevention

A fantastic one for all women and anyone in the space of healthtech, healthcare, pharmaceutical, leadership

Tickets - https://lnkd.in/eWRktYpt

01/08/2025

A 61-year-old grandmother from NSW is one of the first in the country to receive a new medication for Alzheimer's disease, becoming the biggest advance to tr...

01/08/2025

Breakthrough treatment for Alzheimers disease......

The drug, called Kisunla or Donanemab, is the first new medicine for early Alzheimer's disease in 25 years.

"Donanemab and the anti-amyloid class of medications is really a breakthrough, a new age in Alzheimer's treatment," neurologist Dr Rowena Mobbs said.

https://youtu.be/2CS0r9HpvAA

21/02/2025

CTE funding set to boost Australia’s future brain health

Friday, 21 February 2025

Dementia Australia welcomes the $12.5 million investment by the Federal Government to tackle chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), announced in Brisbane today by the Hon. Anika Wells MP, Minister for Aged Care and Minister for Sport.

Dementia Australia CEO Professor Tanya Buchanan said with this funding, Dementia Australia, together with the Concussion and CTE Coalition and other important partners, and working with the Federal Government, will develop and deliver a national pilot program of support services for people impacted by CTE, and a national awareness and education program in schools.

“CTE is a preventable form of dementia, and some estimates suggest thousands of people are impacted,” Professor Buchanan said.

“As dementia edges close to becoming the leading cause of death of Australians, it is crucial we act now to focus on the brain health of the nation.

“Dementia Australia has been working closely with the Concussion and CTE Coalition and other partners advocating for support services, education and awareness raising about concussion and CTE.

“We acknowledge the generous support and commitment by Wally Lewis AM – a Dementia Australia and Connecters Australia Ambassador – who has been diagnosed with probable CTE.

As Wally has said publicly many times: “We only get one brain.”

“We also wish to acknowledge the delegation of 20 people living with probable CTE and carers who joined the campaign in Federal Parliament in February last year to support the call for government support.”

CTE, as a form dementia, can result in changes in mood, personality, behaviour and cognitive function. Research has increasingly identified a strong causal link between repeated head injuries and CTE.

Wally Lewis AM, Dementia Australia and Connecters Australia Ambassador said this funding was fantastic news.

“On behalf of all people impacted by CTE I say thank you,” Mr Lewis said.

“We need to be talking to the whole community about protecting our brains and brain health and continuing to support people who are impacted by the effects of repeated head injury and are at risk of CTE.”

The Concussion and CTE Coalition includes Dementia Australia, Brain Foundation, Connecters Australia, Associate Professor Fatima Nasrallah of the Queensland Brain Institute at The University of Queensland and Dr Rowena Mobbs of Queensland Brain Institute, University of Queensland.

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Dementia Australia is the source of trusted information, education and services for the estimated more than 433,000 Australians living with dementia, and the more than 1.6 million people involved in their care. We advocate for positive change and support vital research. We are here to support people impacted by dementia, and to enable them to live as well as possible. No matter how you are impacted by dementia or who you are, we are here for you.

For support, please contact the National Dementia Helpline on 1800 100 500. An interpreter service is available. The National Dementia Helpline is funded by the Australian Government. People looking for information can also visit dementia.org.au

23/10/2024

We are recruiting.....

28/09/2024

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16/09/2024

Migraine & Headache Awareness Week 2024

Schedule this week

7:30 pm Monday 16 September: New Treatments & Research

7:30 pm Tuesday 17 September: Chronic Migraine

11:00 am Wednesday 18 September: Mental Health & Chronic Pain

7.30 pm Wednesday 18 September: Side Effects of Medications

7:30 pm Thursday 19 September: Other Types of Disabling Headache

11:00 am Friday 20 September: Event Highlights and General Q&A

Visit the event page for the schedule, speaker details and FAQs.

Join free online webinars from headache experts with live audience Q&A. Discover more about chronic migraine, new treatments, research, medication side effects and other disabling headache types. Get your questions answered from 16-20 September. Registration is free when you sign up today.

30/08/2024

What is a neurologist?

Neurology is the branch of medicine that diagnoses and treats conditions involving the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves. A neurologist is a physician trained to investigate, diagnose and treat neurological disorders that affect cognition, memory, thinking, movement, and behaviour.

Click here for more FAQ info >

Harbour Neurology cares for patients with a range of neurological conditions including dementia, CTE, migraines, memory problems, and movement disorders.

30/08/2024

The latest episode of Dementia Australia’s Hold the Moment podcast focuses on exercise.

You don’t need to become a gym ju**ie when you’re diagnosed with dementia – but a little physical activity can go a long way.

In this episode, co-host Jim, who is living with younger onset dementia, talks about how he’s learning to think about exercise as medicine.

We also hear from Heather about how exercise has always been a big part of her life.

Following her dementia diagnosis, exercise became a goal to work towards and a way to maintain her sense of self.


Listen to the latest episode - Search for and follow Hold the Moment by Dementia Australia wherever you get your podcasts.

You also can find the Hold the Moment podcast on Dementia Australia’s website.

Click here > https://www.dementia.org.au/hold-the-moment

For further information and enquiries please contact: enews@dementia.org.au

National Dementia Helpline

1800 100 500

Find us online

dementia.org.au

Hold the Moment is a podcast by people living with dementia.