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Healthy Ageing: A Positive Approach to Dementia Care

Teepa Snow, Dementia Care Expert

17-Apr-24 16:00

Healthy Ageing: A Positive Approach to Dementia Care

More than 55 million people live with dementia globally, and dementia is one of the major causes of disability and dependency among older people. Yet, there remains a stigma towards dementia, affecting their ability to still lead dignified lives. How can we break past that stigma to ensure that care partners are able to support both the person living with dementia and their care partner? Do we need a different approach to dementia care? We find out from dementia care expert Teepa Snow, who is in Malaysia for a visit from the U.S.

You can view a full transcript of the podcast here.

Produced by: Lim Sue Ann, Amanda Rozhan

Presented by: Lim Sue Ann


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Categories:  Family/Parentingwellnesshealth policymanaging disease

Tags:  the bigger picturehealth and livinghealthyageingolder adultselderlydementiaalzheimer's diseasememory loss





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