dementia Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/dementia/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Mon, 26 Jan 2026 05:40:02 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/www.jwire.com.au/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Jwirelogocleangoog.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 dementia Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/dementia/ 32 32 6446428 Senior Australian of the Year – Henry Brodaty https://www.jwire.com.au/australian-of-the-year-henry-brodaty/ https://www.jwire.com.au/australian-of-the-year-henry-brodaty/#comments Sun, 25 Jan 2026 13:45:47 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=176905 Psychogeriatrician Henry Brodaty, who was awarded an OA by his country in 2000, has been named Senior Australian of the Year. In a moving acceptance address, Henry told the audience at the awards ceremony: ” I was a one-year-old arriving in this wonderful country with my Holocaust survivor parents. This makes this a very poignant […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/australian-of-the-year-henry-brodaty/feed/ 1 176905 NSW Senior Australian of the Year https://www.jwire.com.au/nsw-senior-australian-of-the-year/ https://www.jwire.com.au/nsw-senior-australian-of-the-year/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2025 05:29:21 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=174307 The passing of his father at the age of 59 steered Professor Henry Brodaty onto a new path, directing him on the road to becoming the NSW Senior of the Year. His father, Jacob, had suffered from dementia for seven years, during which Henry Brodaty studied the disease. Henry Brodaty arrived in Sydney in 1948 […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/nsw-senior-australian-of-the-year/feed/ 1 174307 Dementia help for Sydney man living in Jerusalem https://www.jwire.com.au/dementia-help-for-sydney-man-living-in-jerusalem/ https://www.jwire.com.au/dementia-help-for-sydney-man-living-in-jerusalem/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2015 11:59:07 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=53726 A 90-yr-old former Sydney resident now living in Jerusalem has received a special iPod to help deal with Alzheimer's.

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