The Wicking Dementia Research and Education Centre is offering a free course that allows participants to learn from home, at their own pace, without exams or assignments. Engage over four weeks with a community of participants from across the globe. Each week a new module is opened.
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Can dementia be prevented?
Learn about key concepts in dementia prevention as well as how we study dementia risk in populations, and the major modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors.
Dementia risk: it’s not all in your head
Examine the evidence supporting links between dementia risk and key vascular and medical risk factors, such as diabetes and physical activity.
A healthy and active mind
Learn about the links between key lifestyle factors and risk of dementia; the impact of education and depression on dementia risk; and how we can build ‘cognitive reserve’ to resist the effects of diseases that cause dementia.
Interventions for prevention
Key strategies for prevention at the individual and population level are examined. New research initiatives that may impact on dementia risk are explored.
You will also have an opportunity to participate in new research in this area, and to undertake a personal risk assessment.