India, March 16 -- Curtin research to create a new digital tool identifying people at high-risk of dementia has been given a major boost thanks to a grant from the State Government's Future Health Research and Innovation Fund.

Led by Professor Blossom Stephan from the Dementia Centre of Excellence at Curtin's EnAble Institute, the project in collaboration with Dementia Australia, The University of Western Australia and Edith Cowan University will attempt to build a predictive algorithm for dementia using both global and Australian data, including 'The Busselton Healthy Ageing Study'.

Dementia is a leading cause of disability and death affecting more than 55 million people worldwide including an estimated 46,000 people in Western Austral...