Monash University calls for public input on first dementia guidelines update in a decade

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11 May 2026

Monash University is calling on healthcare professionals and the broader community to help shape the future of dementia care, opening public consultation on the first major draft update to the national clinical guidelines in over a decade.

The proposed draft update to the Dementia Clinical Practice Guidelines, released today, aims to guide clinical decision-making by exploring modern advances in dementia care, evaluating new therapies alongside support strategies like physical and cognitive rehabilitation, deprescribing, driving assessments, end-of-life communication and non-medication strategies.

It also examines whether lifestyle changes can effectively protect brain health, as well as the use of blood-based biomarkers to detect specific proteins and advanced brain scans as part of the diagnostic process.

Professor Simon Bell, Director of the Centre for Medicine Use and Safety, said that following the public consultation and review process, attention will turn toward implementing and disseminating the Guidelines in practice.

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