Rehabilitation and Aged Care Service (RACS) Research Unit - Hornsby Hospital

We provide access to clinical trials allowing people to volunteer to test new treatments or interventions aimed at preventing, managing or treating various diseases and medical conditions.

The primary focus of our research unit is prevention, treatment and management of dementia, and dementia related memory problems:

• Alzheimer's disease
• Vascular dementia
• Parkinson's disease / dementia
• Mild cognitive impairment
• Other memory related conditions

At the screening visit please bring:

• Referring doctor's letters
• List of current medication
• Brain scan (if available)
• Reading glasses

During the study please bring your glasses, have hearing aids in working order (if applicable) and return all empty and unused study medication.

To access this service you must be aged between 50 and 85 years old with a diagnosed memory problem.

You must have a reliable study partner i.e carer, family member, support person to attend all visits with you.

You must be generally healthy.

You must be fluent in English.

Other specific research study inclusion criteria applies, this will be discussed when research staff first contact you.

• Self referral
• GP referral
• Medical referral

You will be asked to provide the following information if available:

Self-referrals:

• Patients Name
• Name of Study partner
• Contact phone number or email address and best contact time
• Date of diagnosis
• Name of treating specialist

GP referrals and Specialists referrals

• Patients Name
• Name of Study partner
• Contact phone number or email address and best contact time
• Date of diagnosis
• Name of treating specialist