The research report for the project ‘Service and Support Requirements of People with Younger Onset Dementia and their Families’  has been publicly released by the NSW Government – Ageing, Disability and Home Care (ADHC) – and is now available at ADHC. In 2011, ADHC engaged Alzheimer’s Australia NSW to research the service and support requirements of people with younger onset dementia and their families in NSW. Alzheimer’s Australia NSW partnered with the Social Policy Research Centre and UnitingCare Ageing to conduct the research.

See the full report YOD Research Report 2012 or just read YOD Research Report 2012_Exec Summary The research findings are already being used by ADHC to inform the Younger Onset Dementia Person Centred Packages pilot program in NSW.  It’s wonderful to see the translation of the research findings into practice already, as the translation of knowledge is more often much slower to transform itself into real change. Translating research and new knowledge into evidenced based practice, and building capacity within organisations and for clients is possibly the greatest challenge of all. No matter how exciting the research outcomes are, they are a waste of money if they don’t make a real difference.