Research collaborations

Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre

HammondCare is one of four aged and health care providers partnering with the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) in establishing the partnership centre with the theme, ‘Dealing with Cognitive and Related Functional Decline in Older People.’ As part of HammondCare’s involvement, several Dementia Centre staff are Designated System-based Investigators within the Partnership Centre.

Edinburgh Centre for Research on the Experience of Dementia

The Edinburgh Centre for Research on the Experience of Dementia (ECRED) is an interdisciplinary group of dementia researchers, people with dementia, dementia practitioners and representatives from a range of dementia organisations interested in exploring and developing theories, methods and impact around the experience of living with dementia.

The Clinical Training Centres have partnered with universities to train medical, nursing and allied health students in specialist dementia and aged care settings. Our consultants are involved in training and planning as well as research projects and publications.

Dementia Collaboration Research Centre (DCRC)

We are proud to be a member of the Dementia Collaborative Research Centre (DCRC) with a focus on supporting research on the quality of life and the quality of care for both people with dementia and people who care for them. We also participate in community and assistive technology research with DCRC-Assessment and Better Care at the University of NSW.