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Listed below are brief details of where we have attracted media attention for the announcement about the four regional dementia centres and more specifically the UoW/ QUT centre.

2008
12 Mar	Free Weekly Trader (Warwick, QLD) "Dementia help moves online" [pdf 81kb]
2007
December	InSITE Aged Care Newsletter NH Interviewed in October by Darragh O’Keeffe for the newsletter about the project “The influence of the physical environment on the physical activity levels of dementia residents in aged care facilities” [pdf 80kb]
Sept/Oct	PC’s article National HealthCare Journal
Sept	Kiama Times "Laura Gitlin - World Expert pays a visit"
1 Sept	Illawarra Mercury 'Region leads in caring for those with dementia"[pdf 80kb]
25 July	Illawarra Mercury "Dementia not the end: expert"
2006
October	Combined Dementia Training Initiative SESIAHS “Southern Hospitals Network” Newsletter
21 Sept	Project Launch “Raising Awareness about Dementia Among Acute Care Staff” Radio announcer held a telephone interview with Associate Professor Victoria Traynor to include extracts about the project on the news. ABC Illawarra NSW
19 Sept	“Alzheimer’s Awareness Week” Mark Matthews held a telephone interview with Moira Miller at 07.10 which lasted ten minutes. ABC Illawarra NSW
2 Aug	The Lake Times "Joining Forces"
July	SESIAHS media release: Acute care project
28 July	Mercury Illawarra “Dementia grant to help aged care workers”
31 May	“UoW to become epicentre of dementia expertise” Nick Rheinberger held a telephone interview with Associate Professor Victoria Traynor at 09.10 which lasted five minutes. ABC Illawarra NSW
31 May	Excerpt from interview with Professor Patrick Crookes included throughout the morning news bulletins. ABC NewsOnline website
25 May	New centres to boost health professionals’ dementia skills Department of Health & Ageing (Senator the Hon Santo Santoro)
27 May	Mercury Illawarra “UOW set to be at dementia forefront” The University of Wollongong is set to receive as much as $3.4 million to lead NSW, the ACT and Queensland in dementia care training. (229 words)

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