Get Real! Dementia, Gender, Age
In this second episode on Human Rights and Dementia, we talk with Christine Telker a dementia activist from British Columbia and a member of Dementia Alliance International, a worldwide network of ...
7 Juni 202020min
Absolutely Yes! Dementia and Human Rights
This episode outlines the connection between human rights and dementia, with particular attention to the impact of COVID-19 on long term care. Mario is a dementia activist who is a co-creator of a Can...
25 Maj 202019min
Relationships and Reaching Out
Episode 6: Too often people can drift away, but Penny Sather has not. As a member of a large extended family, Penny has helped the family out as they supported their mother and mother-in-law and now P...
11 Juni 201820min
Reflection, Reframing and Reimagining
Episode 5: Susan and her husband were looking forward to the perfect retirement until life interrupted. Susan describes how she reframed her experience and found ways to affirm her husband’s strengths...
4 Juni 201825min
Marshalling resources within oneself and within community
Episode 4: Louise Milligan’s husband Gord was diagnosed with dementia while still teaching and raising two daughters. Louise speaks eloquently about the challenges their family faced and how she was a...
28 Maj 201822min
Work, Life : Adapting to Change
Episode 3: Roxanne Varey has dementia and has become an advocate for creating more opportunities for people with dementia in the workplace. Roxanne has written poetry to help her understand and expres...
22 Maj 201825min
Reinventing Relationships: An Interview with Guy Chadsey
Episode 2 of the Changing and Adapting series features an interview with Guy Chadsey whose spouse Alison has dementia. Guy talks about some of the early indications of Alison’s condition, his changing...
22 Maj 201821min
Promoting the Voice of Lived Experience: A Panel Discussion
Episode 1: Our series is introduced by a panel of 4 people talking about the importance of “Pumping Up the Volume” so that people with lived experience will have their voices heard. Panellists includ...
22 Maj 201825min
