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Interview with Deric Ruttan


Muskoka
September 13, 2020

Country 102 host, Stan speaks with Deric Ruttan ahead of the “Country For A Cause” fundraising virtual concert in support of Alzheimer Society of Muskoka.







This World Alzheimer’s Month, help us demystify advocacy!


British Columbia
September 10, 2020

Advocacy starts with the willingness to share one’s story to help others understand the impact of the disease. To mark World Alzheimer’s Month, the Alzheimer Society of B.C. invites you to “Demystifying advocacy,” a two-part conversation on what it means to be a dementia advocate, taking place on September 28 and 29.







Turning powerlessness into proactivity: Masami takes on the Climb for Alzheimer’s challenge


British Columbia
August 20, 2020

Powerlessness, guilt, frustration – these past few months have heightened the many emotional challenges that long-distance caregivers experience. This sense of powerlessness is something that Masami Yakata has felt acutely while living and working in Langley, B.C., thousands of kilometres away from her birthplace of Kyoto, Japan, where her mother Masako is living with dementia.