January 20, 2018
In last week’s post entitled, Showing Vulnerability to Build Awareness, I talked about a new Alzheimer Society of Canada awareness campaign I am featured in. I wanted to […]
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January 10, 2018
January 8th was the official launch of the Alzheimer Society of Canada’s January Alzheimer Awareness campaign, I live with dementia. This is especially exciting because I […]
November 22, 2017
According to a report published by Statistics Canada in 2014, Dementia is the 8th leading cause of death in Canada. It is the only cause of death […]
August 28, 2017
I recently had the pleasure of attending an early-onset dementia support group facilitated by the Alzheimer Society of British Columbia – South Okanagan and Similkameen. It […]