On the final day of Dementia Awareness Month, we share a short video of one of our co founders, Kate Swaffer talking about three things she now knows about dementia.
As a co founding member of DAI, Kate has often said she is glad she co-founded DAI, because it provides support, gives people hope, and helps them to 'reclaim their lives', after it has been stripped away.
Whilst not all members join peer to peer support groups, and not all members become active in DAI, those who do, regularly say: "DAI saved their life". DAI is Life Changing.
3 Things I know [about dementia]
The Drum, SBS, Australia
Introduction by Ellen Fanning, 5 May 2020,
Reporter Stephanie Bolte
When [DAI co-founder, Chair and CEO] Kate Swaffer started to see words upside down over a decade ago, she thought it was a result of brain surgery she’d had. It turned out she was one of more than 26,00 people in Australia under the age of 65 with what’s known as younger onset dementia.
Told to get ready to die, Kate’s world seemed to disappear overnight, but she realised it didn’t have to, and she has gone on to co-found Dementia Alliance International and advocate across the globe for dementia in practice to be seen as a disability. She sat down with reporter Stephanie Boltje, before the Coronavirus shutdown, to explain three things she knows about dementia.
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