Dementia Dialogue

Leanne Lawrence and Jean Daku live in rural Saskatchewan where Leanne’s mother, Marjory lived her whole life. We learn how Jean, a nurse practitioner, championed a memory clinic practice model within ...

27 Sep 202017min

Dementia, Stigma and Action – Human Rights     In this episode of our series on Human Rights and Dementia we listen to 3 women who are active in the struggle to overcome the stigma experienced by so m...

21 Sep 202019min

In Part 1, we heard from Rachel about her Mom’s growing dementia and of her need to move to long term care, despite her father Chris’ reluctance. We were also introduced to Monica and Cara who work at...

14 Sep 202018min

Rachel Hofstetter’s parents, Chris and Dorothy Quick are living with dementia. Before they moved into the same long term care home at different times, Rachel recounts some of the challenges and transi...

29 Aug 202014min

​​Learning what helps are available and how to use them is a major issue for people with dementia and care partners. One of the major issues in Primary Care is time. This is especially a challenge in ...

17 Aug 202014min

Ron Roberts was diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease 5 years ago. Except for being told he had AD and could no longer drive, not much more information was provided to him. After doing his own research o...

4 Aug 202017min

Ngozi Iroanyah recounts some of her father, Felix’s, experience with dementia, and how she as a daughter, along with her stepmother Gean and brothers Azu and Chuck, are supporting him. Ngozi shares so...

18 Jul 202017min

In the last episode of our series on Human Rights and Dementia, listeners discuss the various Calls to Action issues by our interviewees. Mary Beth Wighton, a leading dementia activist and co-chair of...

7 Jul 202018min