Living with Alzheimer’s disease
KAMLOOPS — It’s a disease that carries with it quite a stigma.
“When you make a joke about alzheimer’s disease you don’t allow a person with the disease to be taken seriously,” says Tara Hildebrand, Central Interior Support & Education Coordinator, Alzheimer Society of BC.
The Alzheimer Society is working to change that. ‘Dementia Friends’ this year’s national campaign, is aimed at informing the public about what it’s like to live with dementia, and dispel any myths that surround the disease.