1 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 1: From the newsroom, a news still come to you today. There, 2 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: I'm Andrew Buckalo, and hey, I've got a question for you. 3 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 1: What do you think is the leading cause of death 4 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 1: for Aussie's It's not heart disease, it's not lung cancer. 5 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:18,440 Speaker 1: It's actually dementia. More than four hundred thousand Australians live 6 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:21,280 Speaker 1: with dementia right now, and experts fear that number could 7 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:23,799 Speaker 1: triple in the next forty years unless we make some 8 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:26,720 Speaker 1: big changes. Today we're gonna hear from a Home and 9 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 1: Away star who'll explain what it's like to lose a 10 00:00:29,200 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: parent to this awful condition. 11 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 2: I'll never forget. It's so vivid in my mind. She 12 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 2: ran towards me and she said, Jesse, everything has changed. 13 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 2: I have dementia. 14 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:42,879 Speaker 1: Yeah, brace yourself. It is a heartbreaking story and sadly 15 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 1: one that is becoming way too common. Joining me now 16 00:00:56,720 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 1: is Jessica Redmain, who plays Harper Matheson on Home and Away. 17 00:01:00,840 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 2: Gooday, jess Hello, thanks for having me. 18 00:01:03,520 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for coming on. You lost your mum, 19 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:08,960 Speaker 1: Christine two years ago after a long battle with dementia. 20 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 1: I'm so sorry about that. She was diagnosed back in 21 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:14,960 Speaker 1: twenty fourteen, when she was sixty one, but I understand 22 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:17,600 Speaker 1: that she was showing symptoms for years before that. When 23 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: did you first start to notice personality changes and what 24 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 1: were they? 25 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:25,039 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's correct. So when I was roughly sort of 26 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:29,039 Speaker 2: in my late teens, about seventeen, she would have been 27 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 2: about fifty, roughly fifty five, she started to change. Her 28 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:36,399 Speaker 2: personality started to change. She was a very charismatic person. 29 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:40,320 Speaker 2: She was very lively and ambitious, and she sort of 30 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:43,400 Speaker 2: went into her shell a little bit. And the really 31 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:45,960 Speaker 2: noticeable things were that she would go to the shop 32 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 2: and say that she was getting bred, and she would 33 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:50,280 Speaker 2: come back with like washing detergent, and then she'd go 34 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 2: back to the shop again, or she got really apprehensive 35 00:01:54,120 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 2: driving the car. She became quite I guess aware of 36 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:03,160 Speaker 2: her self and that she was sort of making mistakes 37 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:07,200 Speaker 2: and things like that, and she just her personality it 38 00:02:07,280 --> 00:02:11,160 Speaker 2: really started to dull a little bit because she would 39 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 2: be nervous. I think a lot of the time as well. 40 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 1: I mean you mentioned there that you were young, You're 41 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 1: only in your late teens. How did you make sense 42 00:02:18,800 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 1: of what was happening when that was going on? 43 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, I kind of, you know, I reflect on it now, 44 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 2: and I'm quite surprised at how well. I kind of 45 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:30,920 Speaker 2: just went, Okay, this is what we're dealing with, and 46 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:32,520 Speaker 2: we get on with it, and we do what we 47 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 2: need to in order to give her the best quality 48 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 2: of life. I did that quite young, which I guess 49 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:41,040 Speaker 2: I'm kind of proud of myself for doing it. If 50 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,400 Speaker 2: I had to do it again, I don't know. I 51 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:45,799 Speaker 2: don't know how strong I would be, but I guess 52 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:48,560 Speaker 2: in the face of adversity, you do what you have to. 53 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:52,080 Speaker 2: And I had also watched my mum lose her own 54 00:02:52,160 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 2: mum to dementia. She was much much later in her seventies, 55 00:02:57,960 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 2: but I guess i'd kind of seen what it was like. 56 00:03:01,919 --> 00:03:05,200 Speaker 2: It was a little bit. I hadn't seen the extent 57 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 2: of it, because what I saw with mum was a 58 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:08,640 Speaker 2: was a lot worse. 59 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 1: You obviously had an idea of what was going on, 60 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,080 Speaker 1: but your mum wasn't officially diagnosed with dementia until about 61 00:03:14,080 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 1: six years after you first noticed those symptoms. Is that 62 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 1: a common experience for families like that kind of a delay. 63 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:24,200 Speaker 2: I don't actually know if that's quite common, but it did. 64 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,320 Speaker 2: It did take a really long time for that black 65 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 2: mass across her brain to show up on an MRI. 66 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:34,560 Speaker 2: So we actually took her for MRIs years before she 67 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 2: was diagnosed because it was so obvious that she had dementia. 68 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:41,720 Speaker 2: I remember admitting to a friend, or not admitting, but 69 00:03:41,840 --> 00:03:45,040 Speaker 2: telling a friend when I was nineteen, my mum has dementia, 70 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 2: and she wasn't diagnosed until four years later, so we 71 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 2: had really, I personally had come to terms with what 72 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:55,640 Speaker 2: was happening to her brain, but she hadn't been specifically 73 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:57,120 Speaker 2: diagnosed yet. 74 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 1: Can you take me back to the day when your 75 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 1: mom broke the news to you that she had been 76 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:04,200 Speaker 1: diagnosed with dementia. How did that play out? 77 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 2: Yeah? Gosh. So she was actually diagnosed in December of 78 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 2: twenty fourteen, and I was on tour doing a stage 79 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 2: production of Alice in Wonderland in the Philippines, and I 80 00:04:15,280 --> 00:04:18,599 Speaker 2: then went from the Philippines to America and traveled for 81 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:23,159 Speaker 2: two months. So my parents actually didn't tell me that 82 00:04:23,279 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 2: mum had been officially diagnosed until I landed back in Australia. 83 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 2: And I'll never forget. It's so vivid in my mind 84 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 2: when I came down. I grew up on a farm, 85 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 2: on a hot hobby farm, and I remember driving down 86 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,159 Speaker 2: the driveway and my mum coming out of the house 87 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 2: and she sort of she ran towards me and she said, Jesse, 88 00:04:41,200 --> 00:04:46,039 Speaker 2: everything has changed. I have dementia. And I remember explicitly 89 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:49,520 Speaker 2: saying to her, it's okay, mom, nothing's changed. We just 90 00:04:49,720 --> 00:04:53,880 Speaker 2: know what it is now, and so it's yeah. It 91 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,039 Speaker 2: was really that was harder for her than it was 92 00:04:57,160 --> 00:05:01,480 Speaker 2: for us, because we had known for years, but this 93 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 2: finally someone had said to her face that she had dementia, 94 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:07,600 Speaker 2: and then that's when it changed for her. 95 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 1: That must have been so terrifying for her, that moment 96 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:13,200 Speaker 1: hearing it out loud for that first time. 97 00:05:14,080 --> 00:05:16,359 Speaker 2: Yeah, it must have been. Like I say, I wasn't. 98 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:19,360 Speaker 2: I wasn't there in the room when she was told. 99 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:22,839 Speaker 2: But I definitely saw the change in her from before 100 00:05:22,920 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 2: she had been told to when she had been diagnosed. 101 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:30,679 Speaker 2: She started to decline quite rapidly, because I guess once 102 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 2: you get that diagnosis, a lot of patients that do 103 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 2: get or people that experience the journey with dementia, they 104 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:42,560 Speaker 2: do go inside themselves and depression hits and anxiety hits 105 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:45,919 Speaker 2: and all these things because there isn't a cure. But 106 00:05:46,480 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 2: I will say that I have met an amount of 107 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:52,760 Speaker 2: extraordinary people who are currently living with the disease, and 108 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 2: they do have a really rich, fulfilling life because they've 109 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:58,640 Speaker 2: found a way to have a quality of life with 110 00:05:59,520 --> 00:06:02,880 Speaker 2: the disease, which is fantastic. It's really great. 111 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:05,839 Speaker 1: So can you talk me through those years after she 112 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 1: got the diagnosis, like how did she change? How hard 113 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:10,640 Speaker 1: was it to care for her? 114 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:16,279 Speaker 2: Woof having a shower, going to the bathroom, getting dressed, 115 00:06:16,320 --> 00:06:21,039 Speaker 2: all of those things became really really long exercises. If 116 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:23,719 Speaker 2: we wanted to have a showering and get dressed, you 117 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 2: would have to allocate at least an hour an hour 118 00:06:26,120 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 2: and a half to do that because getting I mean 119 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:31,320 Speaker 2: and she was little. She was five foot so she 120 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:34,840 Speaker 2: was a little woman. But they do get to the 121 00:06:34,880 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 2: point where they're almost a dead weight and you have 122 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 2: to in order to get their arms up and get 123 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:42,600 Speaker 2: there to try and help them get dressed. It's really difficult. 124 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 2: It can get really hard. And I'll admit the moment 125 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 2: that Dad and I kind of went Okay, it's time 126 00:06:48,640 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 2: to put her into care, into full time and nursing 127 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 2: home care was when Dad and I struggled to get 128 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 2: her out of the bath together, and that's when we 129 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 2: kind of realized we need more help. Now. 130 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:03,119 Speaker 1: Did her condition reach a point where she no longer 131 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: recognized you? 132 00:07:04,720 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely so. For about five years before she died, 133 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:12,240 Speaker 2: she no longer knew who I was, and it probably 134 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 2: even longer for my dad because interestingly, with mum, and 135 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:18,400 Speaker 2: I'm not sure if this is across the board for women, 136 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 2: but she became quite scared of my father because he 137 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 2: was a man, and because they kind of go backwards 138 00:07:24,640 --> 00:07:28,200 Speaker 2: in their mind. She thought that she was quite young, 139 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 2: and because he was this old man to her and 140 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 2: she didn't know who he was, she would get a 141 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:36,680 Speaker 2: little a little afraid of him. Whereas because I was 142 00:07:36,720 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 2: a young woman, she saw me as a friend. Sometimes 143 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 2: she saw me as a nurse and didn't like me. 144 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 2: She kind of depended on the day, but yeah, she 145 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:50,160 Speaker 2: did unfortunately, forget who we were quite a long time 146 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 2: before she passed away. But then she lost the ability 147 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 2: to speak, and then she no longer had the ability 148 00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 2: to move. So in the last three ish years years 149 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:05,360 Speaker 2: of her life she was bedbound and was a nonverbal. 150 00:08:05,560 --> 00:08:08,120 Speaker 1: Even in those toughest years when your mum didn't always 151 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:10,640 Speaker 1: know who you were. I mean, you stayed by her side, 152 00:08:10,680 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: you visited her, you spent time with her. Were you 153 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 1: still able to find joy in that relationship? Oh? 154 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:20,320 Speaker 2: Absolutely, because so my dad and I would always meet 155 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:22,480 Speaker 2: and have a coffee at the bakery before we would 156 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 2: go and visit Mum every Sunday, and Dad would go in, 157 00:08:25,920 --> 00:08:27,960 Speaker 2: you know, multiple times a week. But I lived an 158 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:30,000 Speaker 2: hour and a half away from where she was in 159 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:32,559 Speaker 2: a home. But when we would go and see her, 160 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:35,800 Speaker 2: you know, sometimes she would look you right in the 161 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 2: eye and that's when you really know or she's still 162 00:08:39,040 --> 00:08:41,560 Speaker 2: in there, and she'd crack a smile and she'd have 163 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:44,560 Speaker 2: a laugh, and they were the really nice days. And 164 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:47,440 Speaker 2: then other days she just you know, would often stare 165 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 2: at the sky. But I've always maintained the idea that 166 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 2: she was she was never gone. Even now it might 167 00:08:55,800 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 2: be a bit woo, but I always still think that 168 00:08:57,640 --> 00:09:01,080 Speaker 2: she's still with me and watching what I'm doing, encouraging 169 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:04,080 Speaker 2: me to keep going, because she was always such a 170 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:07,760 Speaker 2: supportive mom and she was always still there for me. 171 00:09:09,000 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 1: Recently, there was a big storyline on Home and Away 172 00:09:11,360 --> 00:09:14,720 Speaker 1: where a much loved character got dementia. Now, obviously some 173 00:09:14,760 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 1: of the scenes were pretty tough for Jester film given 174 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 1: what she'd been through in real life. She'll tell us 175 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:29,599 Speaker 1: more about that in just a moment Welcome back, I, 176 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:32,120 Speaker 1: I and chatting to Home and Away star Jessica Redmain. Now, 177 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:34,120 Speaker 1: jess dementia has been such a big part of your 178 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:37,040 Speaker 1: own life, but it's also touched your character's world on 179 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:39,960 Speaker 1: Home and Away. For those who didn't see it, Irene 180 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 1: recently left Summer Bay after being diagnosed with the most 181 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 1: common cause of dementia. Just be quiet and listen. 182 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:48,719 Speaker 2: Irene's got something she needs to say. I've had a 183 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:49,360 Speaker 2: couple of drinks. 184 00:09:50,240 --> 00:10:00,840 Speaker 1: Man, I've been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Was filming that 185 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 1: storyline taft, did it feel a bit too close to 186 00:10:03,200 --> 00:10:03,680 Speaker 1: home for you? 187 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:08,680 Speaker 2: Well, so Lynn McGranger, who played Irene, she actually came 188 00:10:08,720 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 2: to me about eighteen months before we shot her exit story, 189 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 2: and she did approach me with the story and she said, 190 00:10:16,080 --> 00:10:19,360 Speaker 2: would I feel comfortable doing it? And she was inspired 191 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 2: off because we were working together when my mum did 192 00:10:22,840 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 2: pass away, and so she said she wanted to spread 193 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 2: awareness for the disease. And I was so flattered by that. 194 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 2: It was just what an honor. I mean, you know, 195 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:36,840 Speaker 2: I have ented this industry to tell real stories and 196 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:40,959 Speaker 2: it's such a wonderful platform to spread awareness, and so 197 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:44,160 Speaker 2: it really was. It was difficult. It was difficult to 198 00:10:44,240 --> 00:10:47,080 Speaker 2: watch Lynn play that character. Channel seven were very the 199 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 2: writers and the producers were very delicate in the way 200 00:10:50,920 --> 00:10:54,080 Speaker 2: that I was involved. So I wasn't with her in 201 00:10:54,160 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 2: every single scene or anything like that, because that probably 202 00:10:57,400 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 2: would have been a bit too hard. But I was 203 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:03,800 Speaker 2: in in a few scenes and it was tricky. But 204 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:06,439 Speaker 2: I did really have to put my actor hat on 205 00:11:06,559 --> 00:11:08,760 Speaker 2: and go, this is my job today and I'm going 206 00:11:08,800 --> 00:11:11,600 Speaker 2: to focus on my job. And then I and while 207 00:11:11,679 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 2: I did that storyline, I also touched base with my 208 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:17,760 Speaker 2: psychologist a lot and we chatted because obviously the grief 209 00:11:17,880 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 2: never stops. But it was so important to tell that 210 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:26,160 Speaker 2: story and I do not regret it in the slightest. 211 00:11:26,200 --> 00:11:27,120 Speaker 2: It was wonderful. 212 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:29,760 Speaker 1: You've raised so much awareness over the years. You're an 213 00:11:29,760 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 1: ambassador for Dementia Australia. I've also thrown your support behind 214 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:34,880 Speaker 1: a campaign we've launched here at news dot com dot 215 00:11:34,880 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 1: Au called Think Again, which is all about deepening everyone's 216 00:11:37,679 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: understanding of this complex condition. Jess, what's the key thing 217 00:11:41,040 --> 00:11:42,760 Speaker 1: you want people to know about dementia? 218 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 2: Gosh, the key thing would be that it is not 219 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 2: an elderly disease. Yes, a lot of elderly experienced dementia, 220 00:11:50,400 --> 00:11:52,720 Speaker 2: but it can affect anyone at any age. And we 221 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:56,200 Speaker 2: really need to now more than ever, be looking after 222 00:11:56,280 --> 00:11:59,760 Speaker 2: our brains. With the way that technology is enhancing and 223 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:04,199 Speaker 2: rapidly changing, we're not using our brains as much as 224 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 2: we used to. We're turning to our calculator, our maps, 225 00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:09,640 Speaker 2: all these things on our phones, and we're not actually 226 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:13,440 Speaker 2: activating those neural pathways. So I would implore people to 227 00:12:13,520 --> 00:12:18,680 Speaker 2: continue to use their brains. Everything in moderation, exercise, your lifestyle, 228 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 2: all of that, but yeah, just don't sweep it under 229 00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 2: the rug. Be aware of it. It is there and 230 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:26,920 Speaker 2: it is happening across this country. 231 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:29,640 Speaker 1: And for families who are just beginning this journey, who 232 00:12:29,720 --> 00:12:32,080 Speaker 1: have a loved one who has dementia, what advice would 233 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 1: you give to them? 234 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:37,440 Speaker 2: It would be stay patient, as hard as that is, 235 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:40,840 Speaker 2: and remember that that person is still in there, even 236 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 2: if they don't remember who you are, or if they 237 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:45,880 Speaker 2: yell at you, or if they you know, they get 238 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 2: really grumpy when you do try to give them a shower. 239 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:52,640 Speaker 2: Just remember they are still who they were and they 240 00:12:52,679 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 2: always will be. 241 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:55,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, Jessica red Man, thank you so much for taking 242 00:12:55,960 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 1: the time to chatting youse dot com today. You really 243 00:12:57,640 --> 00:12:58,400 Speaker 1: appreciate it. 244 00:12:58,720 --> 00:12:59,960 Speaker 2: My pleasure. Thank you so much. 245 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 1: Which that campaign I mentioned earlier, it's called to Think Again. 246 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:06,720 Speaker 1: We've got a bunch of articles online right now, more 247 00:13:06,760 --> 00:13:10,400 Speaker 1: personal stories, advice from medical professionals. There's even a fifteen 248 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:12,880 Speaker 1: minute test you can take to determine your risk of 249 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 1: developing dementia. You can access all of that at news 250 00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:20,320 Speaker 1: dot com dot a forward slash topics, forward slash think Again. Alright, 251 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:21,880 Speaker 1: thank you so much for listening. I'll chat to you 252 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:26,160 Speaker 1: again next week. 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