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Take action against dementia

A free 15-minute online testing tool which helps identify risk factors for dementia has launched in time for Dementia Action Week. Picture: File
Jack Marx

Jack Marx ACCORDING to the 2021 Australian Census, 181 people in Broken Hill reported having dementia (including Alzheimer’s). That’s about 1 per cent of the total population. It’s a figure likely to be lower than the truth. In Australia in 2024 there were an estimated 425000 people living with dementia, which is about 16 people […]

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