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Creating change By KYLIE WILSON
HELPING OTHERS:
Beechworth’s Lorna Nash, whose late husband was living with dementia, is passionate about helping others in a similar situation. PHOTO: Wendy Stephens
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FROM a carer support group to working towards creating calm spaces, a committed group of Indigo Shire locals are helping make the world a friendlier place for those living with dementia. The Changing Minds Beechworth project has evolved from an initiative formed in selected areas funded by Alzheimers Australia and the Municipal Association of Victoria. One of the most successful elements of the project has been the newly formed carer support group, and among the members is Lorna Nash, whose late husband Michael lived with dementia for the last 15 years of his life. Lorna said Michael was eventually diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia, a form of vascular dementia, after years of struggling to find words when he was talking. She said Michael, who in his younger years had read English at Cambridge and ran companies, managed to cope fairly well with his condition for a long time. Lorna would often provide her husband with clues to help him find his words. “It became a very close relationship,” she said. And after seeing how widespread forms of dementia have become in the aged care sector, she became determined to get in contact with others in the same situation. “It was such a shock to me to see the vast numbers of people living with dementia,” Lorna said. “I wasn’t aware of others going through that traumatic time.” Lorna met other people in similar situations and said they bolstered each other. continued page |
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