November 2024: Advocates in the Media
Media
Dementia Advocate Heather Cooper was interviewed on ABC Radio National Life Matters (also published on ABC Online) about a research paper that revealed frailty may be a key factor contributing to dementia.
Dementia Advocate Gwenda Darling spoke on ABC Riverina (Wagga Wagga), Shepparton and Goulburn Murray (VIC) about being nominated as the 2025 Senior NSW Australian of the Year.
Dementia Advocates Cathy Roth OAM and John Roth were featured on Channel 10 Melbourne (syndicated by Channel 10 Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth) discussing the importance of early diagnosis to access support.
Dementia Advocate and podcast host Jim Rogers authored an article published in the Medical Journal of Australia about his experience receiving a younger onset Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis and his involvement in Dementia Australia’s first podcast Hold the Moment.
Dementia Advocate Bobby Redman was interviewed by Western News about serving on the advisory panel for MemoryAid, a device developed by a team from Western Sydney University and Deakin University.
Social Media
Dementia Advocate David Wise shared about caring for his wife Susan, who is in the later stages of dementia. (Facebook)
On World Kindness Day, Dementia Advocate Beverley Ford shared about her father Ken, who lived with dementia, and why she believes it’s important we all show kindness and understanding towards people living with dementia. (Facebook)
Dementia Advocate and podcast host Jim Rogers, who lives with younger onset dementia, talked about the challenges of being told to “get your affairs in order” after being diagnosed with dementia. (Facebook)
In acknowledgement of Remembrance Day, we shared a story from Dementia Advocate Warwick Doughty whose great uncle and father served in the armed forces during the first and second world wars. (Facebook)
Dementia Advocate Margot Bryan shared about her husband Tex’s experience of getting a diagnosis of dementia. (Facebook)
Dementia Advocate Scott Cooper, who lives with younger onset dementia, shared the benefits he has had working with a speech pathologist. (Facebook)
Dementia Advocate Catherine Daskalakis shared about her Alzheimer’s diagnosis experience, which she discusses in an episode of our Hold the Moment podcast. (Facebook)
We congratulated Dementia Advocate Gwenda Darling on her nomination for New South Wales Senior Australian of the Year. (Facebook)
Dementia Advocate Jonathan Brown shared his experience living with younger onset frontotemporal dementia and the support he and his family received from Dementia Australia in a video for our latest fundraising appeal. (Facebook)
Dementia Advocate and Peer Leader Janice Timms shared how using her experience to help others was instrumental in helping her find meaning following the death of her husband Richard, who lived with frontotemporal dementia. (Facebook)