Ageing and Alzheimer's Research Foundation

The number of older people in our population is increasing and this means it is vital that we understand the causes of the disorders they suffer from and how to cure them. The role of the Ageing and Alzheimer's Research Foundation is to support research into healthy ageing and the diseases of old age.

Those that cause the most severe disabilities are predominantly disorders of the brain that affect cognition and mobility ie. Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, other dementias, stroke and senile gait disorders.

The Foundation conducts research into the epidemiology of ageing and the clinical presentation, and genetic and neuropathological aspects of brain disorders.

AARF also supports an extensive community educational program that covers a wide variety of activities with groups of older people, carer support groups, and community, health and residential aged care workers.

The education and research supported by the Foundation is carried out by staff members of the Centre for Education and Research on Ageing (CERA) and its collaborators. Funding of CERA is through a mix of government grants, departmental funding and donor support through the Ageing and Alzheimer's Research Foundation.

Contact details

Professor David Le Couteur
Director

Ageing and Alzheimer's Research Foundation
Building 18, Concord Hospital
Concord NSW 2139
Australia

Phone: +61 2 9767 7158
Fax: +61 2 9767 5419
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