Read more: Invest in brain health to boost productivity, UNSW expert says
Australia must support prevention-focused dementia research as a national productivity strategy, says UNSW Sydney Scientia Professor Henry Brodaty.
Renowned clinician, researcher, policy advisor and co-director of UNSW’s Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), opens in a new window, Scientia Professor Henry Brodaty, addressed the National Press Club of Australia today, calling for urgent investment in brain health.
More than 400,000 Australians are currently living with dementia and that number is expected to double by 2050, placing a $3.7 billion annual burden on the economy in direct health care costs.
In his address, Prof. Brodaty called on the federal government to invest more in dementia prevention research, not just as a health priority but as a strategy to boost national productivity.
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