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The Dementia Law Network is proud to support the launch of STEP’s ‘Spot the signs’ campaign . ‘Spot the signs’ is a new global campaign...

Congratulations to Dr Amee Baird, a research collaborator with the Dementia Law Network, on being awarded an inaugural Justice Fellowship...

A new report - with special relevance for dementia research - shares insights on law, policy and practices that enable people to plan...

A NSW Parliamentary Committee has released its report, Equity, accessibility and appropriate delivery of outpatient and community mental...

Research led by Dementia Law Network co-founder, Dr Fiona Kumfor, sheds light on the prevalence of behaviours in dementia that may be...

In March 2024, Dr Victoria Shepherd, Senior Research Fellow at Cardiff University, visited Australia as part of a Churchill Fellowship on...

A new article in Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, shares the results of a project that involved the delivery and evaluation of...

Dr Fiona Kumfor, Dementia Law Network co-founder, gave evidence on 30 October 2023 at the NSW Parliamentary Inquiry on Equity,...

In June 2023, the Dementia Law Network convened a stakeholder workshop at the University of Technology Sydney to address how we might we...

The Dementia Law Network is the focus of a new feature article in the Law Society Journal Online. It highlights a range of legal issues...

Two new articles share stakeholder perspectives on Advance Research Directives and the inclusion of people living with dementia in...

Dementia Law Network co-founder Fiona Kumfor was invited to present at the International Society for Frontotemporal Dementias Conference...

The Dementia Law Network is an initiative established by Professor Nola Ries and Associate Professor Fiona Kumfor. Nola Ries is a...

In November, at the 2022 Australian Psychological Society, College of Clinical Neuropsychologists Conference in Sydney, we presented a...

Fiona Kumfor and Nola Ries recently joined Debbie Anderson on her podcast “Your Brain Matters." Fiona and Nola presented as part of the...