Dementia is a major cause of disability among older people, with 10 million new cases per year, worldwide. Healthy ageing is accompanied by changes that impact cognition and behaviour. Thus, there is a spectrum of declining cognitive function, with normal ageing at one end and diseases such as mild cognitive impairment and then dementia at the severe end. In this course you will address the neurobiological changes in these diseases. Lifestyle factors can protect against dementia risk by up to 50 percent, so you will also learn how lifestyle interventions can prevent onset and progression.

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Prerequisite

Enrolled in Program GC011 or

Corequisite

MHN701 and MHN712 if enrolled in AR503, AR602 or AR706

Offered Subject to change

• Online: Trimester 2

Units

12.00

Tuition fee

2.2A:Computing, Built Environment, Other Health

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