March 2024: Advocates in the Media

Media

Dementia Advocate Catherine Daskalakis was quoted in stories by The Senior and Starts at 60 about new research from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare revealing dementia prevalence is set to double by 2054.

Dementia Advocate Lynn McGregor was mentioned in a story by NewsBlaze for her participation in a panel at the recent Parliamentary Friends of Dementia event on chronic traumatic encephalopathy.  

Social media

Dementia Advocate Catherine Daskalakis shared about her diagnosis with younger onset dementia at age 56 as part of Dementia Australia’s latest fundraising appeal. (Facebook)

Dementia Advocate Simone Shannon shared about the impact of her father, Eivind, losing his driver’s licence after being diagnosed with Lewy body disease. (Facebook)

To celebrate International Women’s Day, we shared a story from Dementia Advocate Dharsh Ekanayake who cares for her mum who is living with dementia. (Facebook)

Dementia Advocate John Thorpe shared about advance care planning and why dying on his own terms is important to him. (Facebook)

Dementia Advocate Janet Thomas shared why she joined the Dementia Advocates Program and how she is using her experience of living with Alzheimer's disease to make a difference. (Facebook)

In acknowledgment of Rare Disease Day, we shared a story from Dementia Advocate Pam Eade about her diagnosis of Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA), a rarer form of dementia that impacts language. (Facebook)