{"id":2658,"date":"2025-09-17T15:06:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T05:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webdev.sydney.edu.au\/kolling\/research-group\/dementia\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T09:41:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T23:41:26","slug":"dementia","status":"publish","type":"research-group","link":"https:\/\/kollinginstitute.org.au\/news_demo\/research-group\/dementia\/","title":{"rendered":"Dementia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;--etb-a-tab-btn-bg-color:#007ed5;--etb-a-tab-btn-text-color:#FBFAF3;--etb-a-tab-btn-heading-color:#FFFFFF;--etb-a-tab-image-filter:none;--etb-a-tab-bt-style:none;--etb-a-tab-bt-width:0px;--etb-a-tab-br-style:none;--etb-a-tab-br-width:0px;--etb-a-tab-bb-style:none;--etb-a-tab-bb-width:0px;--etb-a-tab-bl-style:none;--etb-a-tab-bl-width:0px;--etb-h-tab-btn-bg-color:color-mix(in srgb, currentColor 20%, transparent);--etb-h-tab-btn-text-color:#FBFAF3;--etb-h-tab-image-filter:none;--etb-h-tab-bb-color:#ab40a1;--etb-h-tab-bb-width:2px\" class=\"wp-block-easy-tabs-block-tabs has-active-etb-bg-color has-active-etb-text-color has-active-etb-heading-color has-active-etb-border has-active-etb-duotone has-hover-etb-bg-color has-hover-etb-text-color has-hover-etb-border  false\" data-id=\"3b9f9d2d-c8cc-466c-9a4a-c6314ae79220\" data-initial-tab=\"1\" data-trigger=\"mouseover\" data-accessibility=\"true\"><div class=\"wp-block-easy-tabs-block-tabs-inner is-layout-flow wp-block-easy-tabs-block-tabs-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"etb-tabs-buttons-scrollable-with-arrows wp-container-content-9cfa9a5a\"><div class=\"wp-block-easy-tabs-block-tab-buttons has-etb-buttons-scrollable has-small-font-size is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-easy-tabs-block-tab-buttons-is-layout-1a549490 wp-block-easy-tabs-block-tab-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--accent-6);border-bottom-width:1px;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\" data-selector=\"3b9f9d2d-c8cc-466c-9a4a-c6314ae79220\" role=\"tablist\">\n<button class=\"wp-block-easy-tabs-block-tab-button has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-87eeb66fef5874e43b2ba10407a963e6\" style=\"color:#101827\" data-selector=\"3b9f9d2d-c8cc-466c-9a4a-c6314ae79220\" id=\"e6b8b36f-e41a-4ed7-a7d2-159b918e9dac\" role=\"tab\" aria-selected=\"false\" aria-controls=\"tab-e6b8b36f-e41a-4ed7-a7d2-159b918e9dac\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-ff56fb5b180573e3245b4ec13836c990\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">About us<\/h2>\n<\/button>\n\n\n\n<button class=\"wp-block-easy-tabs-block-tab-button has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8ce7500c72164fbf04b115810aecb7c8\" style=\"font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 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3.2px) * 1.022), 30px);font-style:normal;font-weight:300\">Sensory, neuroscience, ageing, pain and psychiatry<a href=\"https:\/\/kollinginstitute.org.au\/news_demo\/neuroscience-and-pain-research\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-3e41869c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-width wp-block-button__width-75\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-base-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-border-color has-base-border-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/kollinginstitute.org.au\/neuroscience-and-pain-research\/\" style=\"border-width:2px;border-radius:30px;background-color:#1e3a52;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Find out more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-easy-tabs-block-tab-content etb-animation-fade\" data-selector=\"3b9f9d2d-c8cc-466c-9a4a-c6314ae79220\" id=\"tab-28d20ca8-9292-49c2-8b64-a63bd8f5d9f3\" aria-labelledby=\"28d20ca8-9292-49c2-8b64-a63bd8f5d9f3\" role=\"tabpanel\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#0000000d;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0df2b60564b8e462012545eec83a1e36\">Team Lead<\/h3>\n\n\n    <div class=\"team-block-page is-single-lead\">\n                    <div class=\"team-member\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/kollinginstitute.org.au\/news_demo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Team_Professor-Susan-Kurrle.jpg\" class=\" wp-post-image\" alt=\"Professor Susan Kurrle\" \/>                <div class=\"team-member-content\">\n                    \n                    <h3>\n                                                    Professor Susan Kurrle                                            <\/h3>\n\n                    <div class=\"team-content\">\n                        \n<p class=\"is-style-text-subtitle wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.156), 0.98rem);\">Director, Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre<br>Curran Professor in Health Care of Older People<br>Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health<br>Member of the Charles Perkins Centre <br>Dementia Research Group<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-easy-tabs-block-tab-content etb-animation-fade\" data-selector=\"3b9f9d2d-c8cc-466c-9a4a-c6314ae79220\" id=\"tab-aa0dbac9-dd80-4e35-8128-36c6b4ae3367\" aria-labelledby=\"aa0dbac9-dd80-4e35-8128-36c6b4ae3367\" role=\"tabpanel\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cdpc.sydney.edu.au\/research\/clinical-guidelines-for-dementia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Clinical Practice Guidelines<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cdpc.sydney.edu.au\/research\/care-environment-and-quality-of-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Care Environments and Quality of Life<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cdpc.sydney.edu.au\/research\/medication-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Medication Management<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cdpc.sydney.edu.au\/research\/attitudes-to-dementia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Attitudes to Dementia<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cdpc.sydney.edu.au\/research\/planning-decision-making-and-risk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Planning, Decision-Making and Risk<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cdpc.sydney.edu.au\/research\/maintaining-function\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Maintaining Independence<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cdpc.sydney.edu.au\/research\/sustainable-workforce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sustainable Workforce<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cdpc.sydney.edu.au\/research\/care-service-pathways\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Care Service Pathways<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-easy-tabs-block-tab-content etb-animation-fade\" data-selector=\"3b9f9d2d-c8cc-466c-9a4a-c6314ae79220\" id=\"tab-5e6b4c4c-becf-4088-97bf-098272be806a\" aria-labelledby=\"5e6b4c4c-becf-4088-97bf-098272be806a\" role=\"tabpanel\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre is a collaborative research centre that brings together the skills and expertise of clinicians, academics, aged care practitioners, policy makers, consumers and research managers to address priority areas in dementia care research.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-cognitive-decline-partnership-centre wp-block-embed-cognitive-decline-partnership-centre\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"JkMdZKEt0l\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdpc.sydney.edu.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cCognitive Decline Partnership Centre\u201d \u2014 Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre\" src=\"https:\/\/cdpc.sydney.edu.au\/embed\/#?secret=8Guw4PorKP#?secret=JkMdZKEt0l\" data-secret=\"JkMdZKEt0l\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre lead investigators:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre academic researchers form part of a multi-disciplinary network involving individuals across six states and eleven universities. 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