Australian Dementia Network Limited

Establish an integrated network of dementia researchers, clinicians, service providers, industry, and consumers to drive this priority national translational research initiative;

Develop and maintain a clinical quality registry that can track, benchmark and report on the quality of clinical care of people with dementia and mild cognitive impairment to drive quality improvement, identify suitable and willing persons for clinical trials, and systematically collect longitudinal data for research on the determinants, epidemiology and trajectory of cognitive decline;

Establish a national network of memory clinics to optimise the assessment of cognitive disorders and improve specialist access for all Australians;

Develop a large, highly characterised cohort of people with dementia, or at increased risk of dementia, to populate a trials-ready cohort for participation in cutting-edge clinical trials and to study the natural history of dementia;

Connect with existing infrastructure supporting clinical trials in Australia to enhance the capacity for state-of-the-art assessments and the conduct of clinical trials nationwide; and

Integrate Australian research with the international effort to prevent or effectively treat dementia.