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Speaker 1: My next guest has organized a community event to raise

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Speaker 1: awareness about dementia on Saturday, the twenty ninth of June.

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Speaker 1: There's going to be a presentation by Dementia Australia and

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Speaker 1: other key speakers, as well as a band and a

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Speaker 1: raffle organizer. Ala McGill joins me on the line right now.

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Speaker 1: Good morning, Alan, Good morning Cotie.

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Speaker 2: How are you this?

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Speaker 1: We're really good, lovely to have you on the show now, Alan,

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Speaker 1: why is this? Why is this something that you've decided

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Speaker 1: to organize?

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Speaker 2: Well, I'm a bit like a lot of other people.

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Speaker 2: That's one of those things you don't think you're going

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Speaker 2: to have to deal with that. I now have my

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Speaker 2: wife with dementia, so I'll become a little bit more

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Speaker 2: involved and interested in it. So one of the things

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Speaker 2: that I think is missing is probably raising awareness across

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Speaker 2: the community about about dementia and if we're lock on

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Speaker 2: our doors somewhere the other day where they were running

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Speaker 2: a big raffle and I was thinking, in my mind,

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Speaker 2: we're all involved in a raffle yep, and that's a

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Speaker 2: raffle wants to win. It's called dementia. But sadly all

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Speaker 2: of us a large number of us will have our

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Speaker 2: numbers come up in one form or another, so it's

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Speaker 2: worth learning about. One of the statistics I discovered though

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Speaker 2: recently from Winder's University is that every three days a

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Speaker 2: baby is born in Australia that will develop childhood dementia

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Speaker 2: and seventy percent of them won't reach adulthood. Wow, just

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Speaker 2: an old person's disease can affect anybody, and.

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Speaker 1: This is a thing I think a lot of people

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Speaker 1: do think that dementia is a disease for older people,

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Speaker 1: but as you've just touched on there, it's it's really not.

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Speaker 1: But it is something that impacts so many Australians and

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Speaker 1: indeed Territorians.

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Speaker 2: Exactly. Yeah, it is, and it's a growing problem. I

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Speaker 2: think if your listeners probably all know someone who's got

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Speaker 2: dementia or a family friend or connection. There's a lot

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Speaker 2: of people. More you talk about it, the more you

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Speaker 2: hear of people who have now suffering from it. And

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Speaker 2: it's such a sound disease. You see people who are

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Speaker 2: progressing through the various stages of it and being very

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Speaker 2: sad and frustrated because they just can't remember things and

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Speaker 2: then they get depressed. It's really a tough thing for

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Speaker 2: the people suffering dementia, but then it's a bit of

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Speaker 2: a challenge for the cares the family has to look

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Speaker 2: after them.

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Speaker 1: I can't even imagine, Alan, it must it must be

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Speaker 1: such a tough thing, and and you know, such a

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Speaker 1: such a hard thing for any family to go through,

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Speaker 1: and and for you and your family.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well it's becoming more challenging as it gets, you know,

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Speaker 2: as it develops further. But it is what it is,

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Speaker 2: and I have to deal with that myself in my

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Speaker 2: own family in minment. But I thought it's one of

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Speaker 2: those things that the rest of the community should know

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Speaker 2: more about. My event on the twenty ninth is called

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Speaker 2: who Let the Dogs Out on Greyhound Club and the

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Speaker 2: message will be let's blow the whistleong Deventia. It's just

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Speaker 2: a free event. Lunch is provided and it's just about

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Speaker 2: sharing information and learning more about dementia.

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Speaker 1: I think it's a really wonderful thing to do to

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Speaker 1: organize an event like this, and I love the name

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Speaker 1: who Let the Dogs Out? Alan, And you know, like

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Speaker 1: so often as well, you know, when your family is

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Speaker 1: going through something like this, or when a family member

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Speaker 1: is going through something like this, it actually it's you know,

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Speaker 1: it is quite comforting then to meet with other people

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Speaker 1: who are going through a similar journey.

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Speaker 2: Correct and dementia Australia have a huge network of resources available.

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Speaker 2: In fact, I'm right at the moment I met a

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Speaker 2: monthly event called the Memory Cafe, which is where about

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Speaker 2: thirty or forty people with their care has come along

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Speaker 2: and just have morning tea and a chat and do

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Speaker 2: a social outing for those sufferers at Burnout House at

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Speaker 2: the moment, that's where we haven't they moved around from

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Speaker 2: one place to another, So that sort of thing is

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Speaker 2: important to learn from others and see what their experiences are.

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Speaker 1: And so alan with who let the dogs out? What

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Speaker 1: are you hoping like? What what's planned for the event

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Speaker 1: and what are you hoping it does well?

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Speaker 2: I'm hoping well, I'm hoping to get a hundred people.

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Speaker 2: Who knows I'm catering for a hundred people and the

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Speaker 2: idea is to provide a bit of entertainment, a bit

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Speaker 2: of fun, a bit of information that's about the dementia thing.

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Speaker 1: There'll be.

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Speaker 2: I have to confess, I'm in a band and we're

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Speaker 2: playing so bad. I love it. But we'll have people

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Speaker 2: who are there with dementia. They'll be participating in a

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Speaker 2: couple of activities. Music's good things and good therapy for

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Speaker 2: dementia sufferers. So there a few things like that, have speakers,

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Speaker 2: a couple of people who will speak about their life

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Speaker 2: experiences with dementia in their family. And yeah, there'll be

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Speaker 2: some competitions and we'll even got a hot dog stand

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Speaker 2: because you can't have events.

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Speaker 1: Exactly, that's exactly right now, Allan, tell me are you

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Speaker 1: aiming to raise funds through the event or is it

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Speaker 1: more a social gathering and sort of a raising of awareness.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, the raising awareness and social event. It's not

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Speaker 2: a fund raiser. It is free. Lunch is provided. There

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Speaker 2: is a bar and a place if people want to

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Speaker 2: buy drinks. But yeah, lunch is provided, the entertainment is

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Speaker 2: provided and except of Darwin Greyhound Complex, which is a

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Speaker 2: good venue this time of the year, a good spot.

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Speaker 1: So where can people go if they're after a bit

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Speaker 1: further info? I know that that obviously you've said there

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Speaker 1: is Saturday, the twenty ninth of June. If they are

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Speaker 1: after some more info, is there somewhere they can go

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Speaker 1: to get that? Oh?

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Speaker 2: Probably only my home numbers, all right, well, we can.

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Speaker 1: Pass that on if they need it. We can make

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Speaker 1: sure that we pass that on if they need it. Now,

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Speaker 1: very important question. What song does your band play? What

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Speaker 1: songs does your band play? What kind of music.

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Speaker 2: We play at the convention? People? Awesome, we play in

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Speaker 2: someone's backyard. Look it up, Capricornia. We've got our Facebook faith.

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Speaker 2: I love it.

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Speaker 1: That is so good. Good on you, Alan, and so

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Speaker 1: wonderful to organize this event as well. I know that

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Speaker 1: there are a lot of families in the Northern Territory

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Speaker 1: that really are, you know, juggling life. I think with

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Speaker 1: a loved one with dementia, and I think it's a

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Speaker 1: really wonderful thing for everybody to be able to get

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Speaker 1: together and and share those experiences but also raise that awareness.

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Speaker 2: That's that's the whole purpose of it. And thanks for

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Speaker 2: having a chat about it, cold you appreciate.

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Speaker 1: It, no worries it all. Alan McGill, thank you, lovely

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Speaker 1: to speak to you this morning.

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Speaker 2: All the best, Thanks very much, thank you,