Cassandra Thomson
@CassandraThom
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Lecturer @WickingDementia @UTAS_ and clinical psychologist
Hobart, TAS
Joined July 2009
Feeling #lonely? Connecting with #nature might helpš³ New Paper!š Astell-Burt, Navakatikyan, & @UrbanFeng. (2024). Contact with nature may be a remedy for loneliness: A nationally representative longitudinal cohort study.Ā Environmental Research, 120016. https://t.co/MgfgxidA2e
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āJust keep swimmingā and āthere is hopeā. Bill Yeates and Gwenda Darlingās advice to the newly diagnosed. The pair call for realistic and broad representations of dementia in the media, not just sensationalised or negative narratives #IDC2024
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Dementia-friendly ambulances, virtual emergency departments, and dementia training and coaching from dementia support specialists. Panel on improving outcomes for people living with dementia when first responders attend. #IDC2024
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Fancy a move to Tassie? PhD position now available at @UTAS_ @WickingDementia. Research project investigating the role of nature in addressing social isolation and loneliness in dementiaš± https://t.co/19mla4rwzA
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Vision loss and high LDL cholesterol added to new report from @TheLancet @Gill_Livingston, 45% of dementia risk is potentially modifiable! #AAIC24
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I was one of the lucky few international students who managed to get funding through @STFC_Matters & @UKRI_News. They will cover my tuition fees and (albeit low) salary. But in this whole package of considerable money, they have a blind spot. It doesn't include visa costs.Why?
In less than two days, amazing people online have helped me cover my visa cost to pursue my PhD at @UniofOxford @OxUniMaths ā I'm beyond grateful! Thank you everyone <3 @gofundme
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Our latest publication focused on Telehealth Psychotherapy for people living with cognitive impairment or #dementia #UQCCR @UQMedicine @AusDementiaEMCR @ADNeT_Australia @DementiaAus @UQ_News @UQHealth @DrLKMitchell @pachana @jacki_liddle @DrTrevorRussell @petewnr @SallyBennett_1
This study indicates the feasibility of videoconference #CBT to address anxiety experienced by people living with cognitive impairment with minimal assistance from support persons https://t.co/3OR3T45SBj Led by Led by #UQCCR's with @GabrielaPacas with #CHSR's @TracyComans28
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Having been hoping for an #ACT for #MND trial of this calibre for a long time. Well done to the COMMEND team.
thelancet.com
ACT plus usual care is clinically effective for maintaining or improving quality of life in people with motor neuron disease. As further evidence emerges confirming these findings, health-care...
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PhD opportunity to work with us on the neuroscience of Delirium š§ ā”ļø hosted at UniSA. Hannah is an amazing supervisor and runs a fantastic lab (I can vouch for this personally). Please share with anyone who might be interested!
šŗ PhD scholarship opportunity šŗ Neurophysiological indices of delirium: risk to recovery Linked to NHMRC Ideas Grant with @DanFeuerriegel and @dhj_davis, and in collaboration with @_MGoldsworthy and NAHLN. https://t.co/RQI4z1vU7F
@ACNS_ECR @ACNS_Official @ANZDA_delirium
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The current evidence for psychological therapy for individuals living in residential aged care - Cochrane review summary.
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Three marvellous days are coming to a close @AlzDisInt #ADI2024. Thanks to everyone for your interest in the Wicking Centre. Come visit us in Tasmania! @WickingDementia @Wicking_Trust
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Big Australian presence at #ADI2024 inc. Natalie Ives educating the audience about primary progressive aphasia and what it is like living with it, and @YunHeeJeon1 on the I-HARP rehabilitation program and the incremental yet meaningful improvement experienced in mild dementia
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Innovative and creative approaches for stronger dementia care presented by an impressive and inspiring female panel. Addressing inequality and the value of persistence common themes. @AlzDisInt #ADI2024
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Important presentation by Sladana Pavkovic, PhD student at the #WickingCentre on needed attributes of post-diagnostic care, reflecting the voices of people with dementia and carers. @AlzDisInt #ADI2024
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Life with dementia can be enjoyed. Bill Yeates talks ocean swins, goal setting, and reablement approaches for quality of life while living with dementia. @AlzDisInt #ADI2024
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Euthanasia in dementia: discussions and decisions primarily a āfamily affairā, not a legal or medical one, despite the exclusion of family from the formal euthanasia process. Great talk by Trijntje Scheeres-Feitsma @AlzDisInt #ADI2024
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Iām so Shocked, so Angry and deeply saddened by this campaign film. May I make one thing clear @alzheimerssoc I am living with Alzheimerās and I am very much Alive! https://t.co/LPzrSkKtSb
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Doing some interviews in the media, I discovered that many believe that @neuralink's is the first neural interface implanted in humans in history. Folks: it's the first for Neuralink. Not the first ever. Neural implants in humans have been going on for almost 30 years!
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Do you know the 7 new 'best practices' for relaying a diagnosis of dementia? Did you know previous standards did not take input from the person with disease or from the caregiver/care-partner? This is a super important issue and Melissa Armstrong @FixelInstitute and colleagues
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New paper alert! In this, we are looking at participatory research with people with dementia and seeing how much this promise is fulfilled!
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Most research about dementia consults with carers, community workers, nurses or other health professionals, but rarely with people living with dementia (PLWD). ...
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