Gran Hazel
My mother used to say a lonely house goes quiet in the head. I always took that as just a saying.
Curtin University researchers, funded by Dementia Australia and published in The Lancet, mapped 61 risk factors for dementia. Forty-nine of them, about 80 per cent, sit at the individual level. Far fewer look at the bigger picture. They say education, housing, neighbourhood safety, healthcare access, clean air and social connections need more attention. About 446,500 Australians live with dementia now, and that's projected to pass a million by 2065.
I'll give the science this one. It's catching up with Mum, a little.
But why put it all on one person's shoulders, when some of it is the street they live on?
Talk to your GP or health professional about your own body.
Source: ABC News, 2026-09-10
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