{"id":274361,"date":"2021-09-21T14:49:56","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T18:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=274361"},"modified":"2021-09-21T14:49:56","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T18:49:56","slug":"statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement for Alzheimer\u2019s Awareness Month by the Dominica Dementia Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

POV: Dementia; A Conversation Killed by Fear.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Is it a coincidence that I came up with the topic of this article on my grandmother\u2019s birthday? I don\u2019t think so. Thinking of her and the conversations we\u2019ve had allowed me to think about Dementia from a different point of view; a different perspective. By removing the science, the statistics, the definition of a big word, what is it that we get you ask? A human being. Just like you; just like me, and we all get scared sometimes. Perhaps we even forget that they get scared too. They may be older than we are right now, but they are humans regardless and they are subjected to the same emotions and feelings that we are. The pain, the concern and of course, the fear. All of this and possibly even more because they\u2019re experiencing something that we could only just imagine until the shoe gets on the other foot.<\/p>\n

Think about this, then think about that time you saw an old acquaintance while walking through town and he remembered everything about you; your name, the fun you both had at that camp back in high school- even scents, the smell of the coffee he would brew every morning at 9am ahead of a long day at the office during that internship you did when you were 18. You remember all this but, you just can\u2019t put your finger on remembering his name. How comfortable would that situation be for you? Even so, I bet there was at time you had to take this huge test that you studied hours for but for the life of you, you just couldn\u2019t remember the answers to any of the questions. How frustrating would any of those situations be?<\/p>\n

However, while memory loss is not the only aspect of dementia, it is the most common symptom in all the variations of this disease and might even be the difference between a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) or Parkinson\u2019s Dementia.<\/p>\n

From my point of view, memory loss from a psychological or geriatric perspective is not given that much thought as opposed to those derived from physiological conditions or trauma.<\/p>\n

But let\u2019s face it. No matter the cause, losing our memory is a scary thing and believe it or not it\u2019s on the minds of our parents and grandparents alike.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaylo I am afraid.\u201d<\/p>\n

Words from my grandmother while we discussed the possibility of her brother having this dementia. She reminded me how her mother was completely dependent on the care of the family.<\/p>\n

I was very young during my late great grandmother\u2019s days of living with dementia and I didn\u2019t know much of the disease or life in general for that matter but, I remembered one thing; the fact that I had no idea who the \u201creal\u201d mama<\/em> was. A part from the random singing (which I duly enjoyed) and the cleaning coffee grains that were never there, I had no idea who she was as a \u201cfunctioning\u201d member of my family. As a result, I was forced to rely on stories that my mother and grandmother would tell me just for me to be able to see her beyond the \u201clunatic\u201d I thought her to be at that time.\u00a0 I believe my grandmother saw it too. And I believe that it was in those moments she was crippled by the thought that she and her brother could be reduced to that state.<\/p>\n

According to the World Health Organization, Dementia is a syndrome in which there is a \u201cdeterioration in cognitive function beyond the usual consequence of biological aging.\u201d As of now, there is no known cure for dementia ,nonetheless, this doesn\u2019t stop organizations such as the Dominica Dementia Foundation who seeks to educate the public; especially the youth, that \u201cknowledge is power\u201d. If anything, it strengthens our mandate as an advocacy body. Educating yourself on dementia will allow you to make healthier choices that may prevent you from ever having to live with the disease. By participating in dementia related discussions, you are better able to educate your friends and give them the power to make healthy life choices that may assist them in never becoming demented. I believe the saying was prevention is better than cure?<\/p>\n

This year, Alzheimer\u2019s Awareness Month is being observed under the theme \u201cKnow Dementia, Know Alzheimer\u2019s\u201d<\/strong> and is one that looks at making informed decisions. Knowing what your possibility of developing dementia based on family history as well as knowing practices that could curb the development of dementia or simply just understanding the disease enough to know that people living with dementia deserve to be treated humanely.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s memory; tomorrow\u2019s tragedy. Let\u2019s all do our part to fight Dementia together.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Written by<\/p>\n

Maylon George, President of the Dominica Dementia Foundation<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Edited by<\/p>\n

Ashfred Norris, Executive Member<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"POV: Dementia; A Conversation Killed by Fear. Is it a coincidence that I came up with the topic of this article on my grandmother\u2019s birthday? I don\u2019t think so. Thinking of her and the conversations we\u2019ve had allowed me to…","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":274362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,77,235,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-274361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-homepage","category-homepage-carousel","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nStatement for Alzheimer\u2019s Awareness Month by the Dominica Dementia Foundation - Dominica News Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Statement for Alzheimer\u2019s Awareness Month by the Dominica Dementia Foundation - Dominica News Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"POV: Dementia; A Conversation Killed by Fear. Is it a coincidence that I came up with the topic of this article on my grandmother\u2019s birthday? I don\u2019t think so. Thinking of her and the conversations we\u2019ve had allowed me to...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dominica News Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-09-21T18:49:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DDF-Logo.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/71cd1f1f2accca6a7c47573faafb74b4\"},\"headline\":\"Statement for Alzheimer\u2019s Awareness Month by the Dominica Dementia Foundation\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-21T18:49:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":835,\"commentCount\":1,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/DDF-Logo.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Health\",\"Homepage\",\"Homepage Carousel\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\\\/\",\"name\":\"Statement for Alzheimer\u2019s Awareness Month by the Dominica Dementia Foundation - Dominica News Online\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/DDF-Logo.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-09-21T18:49:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/71cd1f1f2accca6a7c47573faafb74b4\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/DDF-Logo.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/09\\\/DDF-Logo.jpeg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":2048},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Statement for Alzheimer\u2019s Awareness Month by the Dominica Dementia Foundation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dominica News Online\",\"description\":\"The most popular news site in the Commonwealth of Dominica\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/71cd1f1f2accca6a7c47573faafb74b4\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3c1b110e3014e3476f4152480a3d3069d1b1344862bb7e77d87392410ac870c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3c1b110e3014e3476f4152480a3d3069d1b1344862bb7e77d87392410ac870c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/3c1b110e3014e3476f4152480a3d3069d1b1344862bb7e77d87392410ac870c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/joni-durand\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Statement for Alzheimer\u2019s Awareness Month by the Dominica Dementia Foundation - Dominica News Online","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Statement for Alzheimer\u2019s Awareness Month by the Dominica Dementia Foundation - Dominica News Online","og_description":"POV: Dementia; A Conversation Killed by Fear. Is it a coincidence that I came up with the topic of this article on my grandmother\u2019s birthday? I don\u2019t think so. Thinking of her and the conversations we\u2019ve had allowed me to...","og_url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\/","og_site_name":"Dominica News Online","article_published_time":"2021-09-21T18:49:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2048,"height":2048,"url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DDF-Logo.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\/"},"author":{"name":"Admin","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/71cd1f1f2accca6a7c47573faafb74b4"},"headline":"Statement for Alzheimer\u2019s Awareness Month by the Dominica Dementia Foundation","datePublished":"2021-09-21T18:49:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\/"},"wordCount":835,"commentCount":1,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DDF-Logo.jpeg","articleSection":["Health","Homepage","Homepage Carousel","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\/","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\/","name":"Statement for Alzheimer\u2019s Awareness Month by the Dominica Dementia Foundation - Dominica News Online","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DDF-Logo.jpeg","datePublished":"2021-09-21T18:49:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/71cd1f1f2accca6a7c47573faafb74b4"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DDF-Logo.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DDF-Logo.jpeg","width":2048,"height":2048},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/statement-for-alzheimers-awareness-month-by-the-dominica-dementia-foundation\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Statement for Alzheimer\u2019s Awareness Month by the Dominica Dementia Foundation"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/","name":"Dominica News Online","description":"The most popular news site in the Commonwealth of Dominica","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/71cd1f1f2accca6a7c47573faafb74b4","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3c1b110e3014e3476f4152480a3d3069d1b1344862bb7e77d87392410ac870c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3c1b110e3014e3476f4152480a3d3069d1b1344862bb7e77d87392410ac870c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3c1b110e3014e3476f4152480a3d3069d1b1344862bb7e77d87392410ac870c0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/author\/joni-durand\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/DDF-Logo.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274361"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":274364,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274361\/revisions\/274364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}