A diagnosis of dementia can send you into a tailspin, imagining the worst, and it can lead to the tyranny of low expectations. Negative beliefs exclude and isolate someone living with dementia. With 1.1 million people predicted to be diagnosed with dementia by the middle of the century how can we improve the quality of care and community attitudes?

Dementia doesn't discriminate - do you?

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Big Ideas brings you the best of talks, forums, debates, and festivals held in Australia and around the world, casting light on the major social, cultural, scientific and political issues

Big Ideas&nbsp;brings you the best of talks, forums, debates, and festivals held in Australia and around the world, casting light on the major social, cultural, scientific and political issues

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Dementia doesn't discriminate - do you?

Dementia doesn't discriminate - do you?