Kudos to Kate Swaffer and her co-author, Dr. Linda Steele, for this article recently published in Health and Human Rights Journal, a publication of Harvard University. Linda and Kate are Dementia Justice researchers. Deep-felt thanks for their tireless efforts to advance the human rights of people living with dementia. Linda [...]
In 2020, Kate Swaffer joined the Influencers included in our magazine. A prolific author and spokesperson for people living with dementia, she speaks openly and candidly to a global community. Read Kate’s powerful message: “The OECD response concluded in 2015 that ‘people with dementia receive the worst care of any [...]
Both parents had lived non-stop, very active lives - Mother in teaching and Dad in farm management. In retirement, they traveled internationally and domestically, and wintered in Sarasota where they had many good friends and family... Supporting their need and desire to be out and about at a time they [...]
World Alzheimer's Month is an international campaign to raise awareness and challenge the stigma that surrounds dementia. September 2020 will mark the 9th World Alzheimer's Month. The campaign was launched in 2012 by Alzheimer's Disease International. A special observance of World Alzheimer's Day is scheduled annually on September 21. [...]
Kate Swaffer – The Power to Change the Public Discourse How does one person change the public discourse? Perhaps it’s Kate’s ability to articulate the message in a way which no one before her has done. Perhaps it’s her incredible work ethic or her ability to get in [...]