Dementia Project Receives CARN Susan Noffke Award Dementia is often not something young people think about, unless someone in their direct environment suffers from this condition. In order to create a Dementia Friendly Community, all members of socie... Jun 24, 2022
8 Ways to Support Someone With Dementia January is national Alzheimer’s month in Canada, and we have a lot of work to do! If you know or are someone who has memory problems, you know about the stigma that Alzheimer’s and Dementia patients f... Jan 24, 2022
Disrupting in the Dementia Care-System In 2002 Eloy van Hal did something unconventional. Something no-one had dared to even dream of before. He founded a place where elderly residents can live a normal life, in a normal neighbourhood. A p... Dec 22, 2021
Yes, I Have Dementia Craig Burns is a board member with the Alzheimer Society of BC, works with future doctors at UBC, is a public speaker, and is involved with the Canadian Centre for Elder Law. What you may not expect, ... Nov 18, 2021
Memory Clinic Reduces Wait Times PENTICTON, KELOWNA, KAMLOOPS, VANCOUVER – The doctor shortage in BC has been a pressing issue for a number of years now. Waitlists for family doctors seem to only get longer and walk-in clinics are ov... Nov 3, 2021
Alzheimer’s Disease Resources In 1906, a woman died of an unusual mental illness. Her symptoms included memory loss, language problems, and unpredictable behaviour. After she died, her doctor Alois Alzheimer, examined her brain. H... Aug 20, 2021
What is Alzheimer's Disease? Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia accounting for 60 to 80 percent of all diagnoses. [1] It isn’t accurate to say that someone who has dementia also has Alzheimer’s or that all de... Jun 8, 2021