Alzheimer's Disease International welcomes both scientific and non-scientific abstracts based around the 7 action areas of the WHO Global Action Plan on dementia and the conference theme. The abstract topics listed from the ADI 2026 conference reflects the topics ADI covers. These will be updated for submission opening in 2027.
It is important to ADI that presenters’ use dementia friendly language and we would encourage all those submitting an abstract to look at the language guidelines, created by Dementia Australia in collaboration with people living with dementia. They are to be used when writing your abstract and presenting at ADI conferences, as well as other conferences about Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias.
It is important that you as presenters heed these guidelines in your abstract submissions, and if successful, in your oral or poster presentations.
The following highlights the preferred terms next to the terms we advise submitters not to use when referring to a person with dementia or their family/friend support person:
| Dementia/a form or type of dementia/symptoms of dementia - NOT - Dementing illness, Demented, Affliction, Senile dementia, Senility |
| Condition – NOT - Disease, Illness |
| Younger onset dementia – NOT - Early onset dementia when referring to someone under the age of 65 |
| Person living with dementia, diagnosed with dementia – NOT – Sufferer, Suffering, Sufferers, Demented sufferers, Vacant dement, Victim, Demented person, Patient, Subject, Case |
| Family member/s or person supporting someone living with dementia, Wife/husband, child, friend – SUGGESTED - Care partner |
| Disabling, challenging, life changing, stressful – NOT - Hopeless, Unbearable, Impossible, Tragic, Devastating, Painful, Distressing, Fading away, Empty shell, Not all there, Disappearing, Stealing them away (they are always still there), The longest goodbye |
| Impact/effect of supporting someone with dementia – NOT - Carer burden, Burden of caring |
| BPSD, changed behaviour, challenging or difficult communication – NOT – aggressive, wanderer, poor feeder, wetter or incontinent, obstructive, non–communicator, attention-seekers, non-communicators, obstructive, etc |
