The message from the United States and Europe is that governments must live within their means.

We know we are entering a period of transformation in aged care.

It is a fact that governments tend to put in place policies and strategies in response to current scenarios.

We know that so many of the conditions and diseases that we associate with ageing can often be prevented or in fact their onset delayed if we just took preventative steps earlier in our lives.

Community care is a fundamental, an essential, an enduring part of our aged care system.

Synergy and serendipity often play a big part in medical and scientific advances.

Dementia is not exclusively a problem of the developed world.