July 2022: Advocates in the media

Dementia Advocate Val Fell OAM was recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list, receiving the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the General Division. Her recognition was acknowledged in several media outlets, including an article in The Senior.

We congratulated Dementia Advocate Juanita Hughes for being awarded a Community Champion Award at the 2022 Queensland Day Awards )

A great interview with Sarah Ashton was recently published in the Port Macquarie news following her appearance on You Can’t Ask That.

Southern FM Melbourne interviewed Dementia Advocate Anne Tudor OAM about her work in advocacy and awareness-raising for dementia and Dementia Australia. 

Dementia Australia acknowledged NAIDOC Week by sharing stories from Dementia Advocates Jack and Gwen Crombie (Facebook) and Gwenda Darling (Facebook).

Members of the Dementia Australia Advisory Committee shared their advice for communicating with a person living with dementia on a LinkedIn Pulse article from the Australia Journal of Dementia Care.