Season 5: Episode- 60

After listening to a group of women living with dementia talk about their group, Dementia Sisterhood, if you are interested, contact Dr. Elaine Wiersma at ewiersma@lakeheadu.ca. They meet virtually via Zoom to share their lives, support one another and derive encouragement from the solidarity they experience  

 You may want to check out our series on Women & Dementia https://www.dementiadialogue.ca/women--dementia and listen to other episodes on this theme and check out the resources below

A short video called “Women with Dementia Living Strong”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aG8BKSyFUK0

Bamford, S. (2011). Women and dementia—not forgotten. https://ilcuk.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Women_and_dementia.pdf

Alzheimer Society of Canada

https://alzheimer.ca/on/sites/on/files/documents/2015%20Media%20Releases-.pdf

Alzheimer Society UK—Why is dementia different for women?

https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/blog/why-dementia-different-women

Alzheimer Disease International—Women and Dementia: A Global Research Review

https://www.alzint.org/resource/women-and-dementia-a-global-research-review/