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Share Your Story

If you have been affected by dementia, and would like to share your story, we would love to hear from you.

Please send an email to
comms@alzheimers.org.nz, giving us as much information as you can and feel comfortable with.

You can also call us on
04 387 8264

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Tackling the stigma of dementia mate wareware

Stigma not only hurts people living with dementia mate wareware, it affects the way people living with dementia mate wareware are treated and the opportunities available to them

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Ten years and 10 races

Cyclist living with dementia celebrates 70th birthday with Lake Taupō Cycle Challenge

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Derek and Ruth’s story

Ruth Thorn has been living with Vascular Dementia for the last seven years.

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Paige Hareb’s story

Paige Hareb is a professional surfer based in Taranaki. She shares their whānau of the dementia mate wareware journey with her Nana, Barbara

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Cornflakes in the deep freeze

Recently, we received a beautiful love letter from a man about his wife. David has kindly agreed to share his story with you, and we hope that you enjoy it as much as we did. 

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Colin and Irene’s story

Colin hopes sharing his story will help provide answers to some of the challenges whānau with a dementia mate wareware diagnosis may face.

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Dementia Learning Centre’s story

30,000 people living with dementia mate wareware in Aotearoa New Zealand are missing out on the help and support they need.

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Elayne’s story

As a registered Social Worker, Elayne reflects that for many people who she makes contact with, it is often the first time in their lives that they have really needed to ask for help, and this can be quite confronting for some people.