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"We need the slip, slop, slap of brain health - now": Advocates call for new national approach to dementia

"We need the slip, slop, slap of brain health - now": Advocates call for new national approach to dementia

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 A leading scientist has recommended that dementia be treated as an economic crisis as well as a health issue. Over 400,000 Australians live with dementia, and with an ageing population, this is expected to double by 2050. But dementia advocates say research funding in Australia lags behind other conditions, limiting access to life-changing dementia prevention and management programs.
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