Category: Stories
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What can an Exercise Physiologist do for you?
By Jack Menzies, Registered Exercise Physiologist
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Chris and Craig’s story: understanding behaviour, preparing for the future
Hi, I’m Chris and I am the carer for my husband Craig, who has behavioural variant Frontotemporal Dementia (bvFTD).
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Isabelle Burke’s story: learning to stay connected with my Mum
My mother, Christine, was a lecturer in academic skills. She was diagnosed with young-onset dementia during my first year at university.
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Luke and Lisa’s story: Maintaining a sense of family
By the time she received a formal diagnosis in 2020, our family’s life plan was already “scrambled” – I didn’t know what to expect or where to go for help.
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Liz and Darren’s story: finding the right young onset dementia support early
I would guess we were at least 3 years into our journey with dementia when we received the official diagnosis.
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Becoming a dementia advocate – Bill Yeates
By sharing our experiences and our stories we help to reduce dementia-related stigma, and we help to inform and empower others.
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Carer turned dementia advocate – Val Fell
Val continues to lead a local carers support group and is greatly valued for her empathy, willingness to help, and expert knowledge of the aged care system.
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Becoming a dementia advocate – Bobby Redman
I encourage others living with dementia, or caring for someone with dementia to consider becoming an advocate and undertake Dementia Advocate Training through Dementia Australia.
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Phil’s story: support of a highly trained assistance dog
Pets as therapy and assistance animals for people living with dementia.
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Rare Disease Day: Frontotemporal Dementia
Dennis Frost felt relieved when he finally received his diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia.