Kaarin J. Anstey is a geriatrician based in Canberra. You can find her at Building 54, Mills Road, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia. She works with older people and families who are dealing with changes in health, memory, movement, and day to day function.
In her work, she often helps with memory concerns and conditions like dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and vascular dementia. At times, she also looks at how strokes and traumatic brain injury can affect thinking, mood, and everyday routines. For some families, it’s not just memory. It’s also confusion, sleep changes, or feeling overwhelmed by what’s changed.
She also deals with a range of other medical issues that show up more often as we get older. That can include high blood pressure, orthostatic hypotension (when blood pressure drops on standing), and high cholesterol. Metabolic health matters too, so she may help manage type 2 diabetes and support longer term wellbeing.
Hearing and eye health are part of the picture as well. Kaarin works with people who have hearing loss and occupational hearing loss, and she can help with issues like cataract, glaucoma, and ocular hypertension. At times, people also have movement problems, so she supports assessment and care for movement disorders and related concerns.
Some patients come with long running developmental or behaviour related concerns, including ADHD and selective mutism. Others may have questions that link back to childhood development and how it affects adult life. She takes time to understand what’s going on now, what has changed over time, and what matters most for day to day living.
While every person’s situation is different, the goal stays the same: careful assessment, practical advice, and clear next steps. Kaarin’s approach is calm and grounded, and she works alongside patients and families to make sense of symptoms and plan care that fits real life.