Dr. Lonie has written or contributed to the following articles.
Pitfalls and prevention in the assessment of decision-making capacity. CPD presentation for the Tribunal members of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal – VCAT. 20 October 2023.
The Peaks and Valleys of Testamentary Capacity. Panelist speaker. Blue Mountains Law Society Succession Conference September 2023.
BMLS-Successions-Conference-2023.8-Flyer.pdf (2wentworth.com.au)
The Cognitive Mechanics of Elder Abuse. NSW Law Society Will and Estate Specialist Accreditation Course September 2023.
Wills and Estates | Specialist Accreditation Conference | The Law Society of NSW
Managing the complexities of self-represented litigants. Presentation for Judicial College of Victoria. 9th June 2023.
Managing the complexities of self-represented litigants. | Judicial College of Victoria
Lonie, J. Cognitive Decline and decision-making in guardianship matters. Law Society Journal. Jul 08, 2022.
https://lsj.com.au/articles/cognitive-decline-and-decision-making-in-guardianship-matters/
Lonie, J. & Perkins, M. Creating the Capacity and Capability Clinic. National Dementia Conference 23-24 June 2022 Crown Melbourne
https://www.informa.com.au/event/conference/policy-and-government/national-dementia-conference/
Lonie, J. & Perkins, M. Managing Cognitive Decline. SMSF (Self-managed super funds) Association National Conference 20-22 April 2022, Adelaide Convention Centre.
https://www.smsfassociation.com/conference
Lonie, J. Assessing Capacity in the Clinic – Pitfalls and Practical Advice. Master Class: Diseases of the Aging Brain. 2021.
Lonie, J. & Purser, K. Mapping dementia and cognitive decline in testamentary capacity (2019) Vol 66, Sept-Oct, International Journal of Law and Psychiatry.
Lonie, J. The Cognitive mechanics of Elder Abuse. Elder Law Review. 2019. Vol 12 (Part 1) https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/elr/elder_law/elder_law_review_elr/elder_law_review_vol_12_part_1
Lonie, J. Client Capacity (2019) Issue 6, June STEP Australia News Letter.
Lonie, J. & Purser, K. The Cognitive underpinnings of Banks and Goodfellow. International Journal of Law & Psychiatry. 2019 Vol 66, Sept-Oct https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2019.101450
Lonie, J., Chesterman, J., Sinclair, C. & Connolly H. (2019). Practical Models Decision Making and Choice. Panel Discussion. National Elder Abuse Conference 22 July 2019.
Lonie, J. (2019). Capacity Screening Tools – A Medical Insight. Capacity, Care and Control: The Second annual elder law symposium. Television Education Network. Friday 24 May 2019.
Lonie, J., Burgess, M., Byrne, M., Cornford-Scott, A., Rosenfeld, T., Shih-Ning, T & Purser, K. (2019). Capacity, Supported and Substitute Decision-Making. QUT Australian Centre for Health Law Research and Health, Ethics and Law. 15 May 2019.
Lonie, J. (2018). Supported decision making or undue influence? The Australian Guardianship and Administrative Tribunal National Conference 2019. Abstract..
Lonie, J. Capacity and elder abuse: perspectives from a clinical neuropsychologist. Elder Abuse Legal Symposium, Wednesday 6 June 2018. Prepared and presented for Legalwise.
Lonie, J. & Perkins, M. Diminished capacity and undue influence. Estate Planning Symposium, Wednesday 14 March 2018. Prepared and presented for Legalwise.
Lonie, J.A. & Catanzariti, T. Dealing with clients with (possible) impaired mental capacity. (2017) Presentation for The Law Society of NSW, 12 September 2017, Sydney, N.S.W.
Lonie, J.A. Assessment of testamentary capacity from a medical perspective. (2017). In Blue Mountains Regional Law Society Succession conference, 16 & 17 September 2017, Medlow Bath, N.S.W.
Lonie, J.A. & Purser, Kelly. Dementia and the cognitive requirements of Banks v Goodfellow. (2016). In Australian Guardianship and Administration Council 2016 National Conference, 17-18 October 2016, Sydney, N.S.W.
Lonie, J. & Purser, K. Assessing testamentary capacity from a medical perspective (2017) 44 Australian Bar Review, 297.
Lonie, J.A. How to use neuropsychological expertise in the assessment of legal capacity. (2017). Presentation for The Law Society of NSW Young Lawyers, Family Law Committee Meeting, 8 May 2017, Sydney, N.S.W.
Lonie, J. Assessment of capacity in the elderly. InPsych, the bulletin of the Australian Psychological Society. 2015; 15(4), 12.
Barry, L. and Lonie, J. Capacity, dementia and neuropsychology. Law Society of NSW Journal. 2014; 1(5), 78-79.
McGurn, B., Starr, J.M., Lonie (nee Topfer) J.A., Pattie, A., Whiteman, M.J., Lemmon, H., Whalley, L.J. & Deary, I.J. Pronunciation of irregular words is preserved in dementia, validating pre-morbid IQ estimation. Neurology. 2004; 62:1184-1186.
Starr, J.M & Lonie, J.A. The influence of pre-morbid IQ on Mini-mental State Examination score at time of dementia presentation. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2007; 22:382-384.
Starr, J.M & Lonie, J.A. Estimated pre-morbid IQ effects on cognitive and functional outcomes in Alzheimer’s disease: a longitudinal study in a treated cohort. BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8:27.
Starr, J.M & Lonie, J.A. Relationship between behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia and cognition in Alzheimer’s disease. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders. 2007; 24:343-347.
Lonie, J.A. Mild Cognitive Impairment: An update. Proceedings from the Annual Conference for Old Age Psychiatry. 2006. The Radisson Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland.
Lonie, J.A., Herrmann, L.L., Donaghey, C.L. & Ebmeier, K. Clinical referral patterns and cognitive profile in mild cognitive impairment. British Journal of Psychiatry. 2008; 192:59-64.
Lonie, J.A., Tierney, K., Herrmann, L.L., Donaghey, C., O’Carroll, R., Lee, A. & Ebmeier, K. Dual Task performance in early Alzheimer’s disease, amnestic mild cognitive impairment and depression. Psychological Medicine. 2009; 39:1:23-31.
Dempsey, M.F., Ebmeier, K., Pimlott, S., Patterson, J., Wyper, D., Terriere, E., Donaghey, C., Herrmann, L., Tierney, K., Lonie, J., Strachan, M., Dougall, N. & Best, J. Voxel based analysis of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor distribution using 123I-5IA-85380 in Mild Cognitive Impairment. 2007. Joint Molecular Imaging Conference.
Lonie, J.A., Herrmann, L.L., Tierney, K.M., Donaghey, C., O’Carroll, R., Lee, A., Ebmeier, K. Lexical and semantic fluency discrepancy scores in aMCI and early Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Neuropsychology. 2009; 3:1:79-92.
Lonie, J.A., Tierney, K.M., Ebmeier, K.P. Screening for mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2009; 24(9):902-915.
Starr, J.M & Lonie, J.A. Estimated pre-morbid IQ effects on cognitive and functional outcomes in Alzheimer’s disease: a longitudinal study in a treated cohort. BMC Psychiatry. 2008; 8:27. DOI:10.1186/1471-244x-8-27.
Terriere, E., Sharman, M., Donaghey,C., Herrmann,L., Lonie, J., Strachan, M., Dougall, N., Best, J., Ebmeier, K.P., Pimlott, S., Patterson, J., Wyper, D. Alpha4Beta2-nicotinic receptor bindings with 5-IA in Alzheimer’s disease: methods of scan analysis. Neurochem Research. 2008; 33:643-651
Terriere, E., Dempsdey, M.F., Herrmann, L.L., Tierney, K.M., Donaghey, C., Lonie, J.A., O’Carroll, R.E., Strachan, M., Dougall, N., Best, J.K., Pimlott,S., Patterson, J., Wyper, D.J., Ebmeier, K.P.. 5-123I-A-85380 binding to the α4-β2-nicotinic receptor in Mild Cognitive Impairment. Neurobiology of Aging. 2010; 11:1885-1893. DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2008.10.008
Starr,J.M & Lonie, J.A. Thyroid function, cognition, functional independence and behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia in Alzheimer’s disease. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2010; 11:1196-1197.
Claire E. Sexton, Clare E. Mackay, Jane A. Lonie, Mark Bastin, E Terrière, Ronan E. O’Carroll, Klaus P. Ebmeier. MRI correlates of episodic memory in Alzheimer’s disease, MCI and healthy aging. Psychiatry Res. 2010; 184(1):57-62.
Lonie, J.A. Mario A. Parra-Rodriguez, Kevin M. Tierney, Lucie L Herrmann, Claire Donaghey, Ronan E. O’Carroll, and Klaus P Ebmeier. Predicting outcome in mild cognitive impairment: 4-year follow-up study. The British Journal of Psychiatry. 2010; 197:135-140.
Parra, M.A., Pattan, V., Wong,D., Beaglehole, A., Lonie, J.A., Wan, H., Honey, G., Hall, J., Whalley, H.C., and Lawrie, S.M. Medial temporal lobe function during emotional memory in early Alzheimer’s disease, mild cognitive impairment and healthy ageing: an fMRI study. BMC Psychiatry. 2013; 13:76. doi:10.1186/1471-244X-13-76
Current Research Interests
- Mild Cognitive Impairment / Pre-clinical dementia
- Cognitive Rehabilitation in early stage dementia
- Cognitive Neuropsychology of the dementias
- Differential diagnosis in dementia
- Monitoring of cognitive response to drug therapy in early Alzheimer’s Disease
- Risk factors for focal lobar atrophies
- Assessment of Capacity
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