Dementia Demystified with Tim England
- Dementia Demystified with Tim England Lance A. Slatton 1:00:07
All Home Care Matters and our host, Lance A. Slatton welcome Tim England the host of Dementia Demystified to the show.
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About Tim England:
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Tim England is a Dementia Champion and is a leading voice on dementia in Australia and has been active in this area for over 14 years. Tim is a freelance dementia consultant and educator who Demystifies and Destigmatize dementia and advocates for people living with dementia and their families to live well.
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Tim achieves this by sharing information about dementias pathology, the personal impact of dementia, and what can be done to help. With a Bachelor of Dementia Care and being the first recipient of the world’s first Masters of Dementia degree, Tim is a skilled Educator, an Advance Care Planner, and a Public Speaker who delivers contemporary scientific evidence-based best practice for person centered care & support.
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Tim is an information bridge between the scientific community and the general public with regard to dementia related topics via his public Education events, media interviews, newspaper columns, blogs and his YouTube TV channel, Ask a Dementia Champion’.
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Finally Tim is featured in the award winning dementia documentary Ticktyboo – a Secret in Plain Sight, and has been a consultant for various university research projects, such as the Art & Object Engagement project at Macquarie University and is currently an Associated Investigator for a dementia research project with the University of Queensland.Â
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About Dementia Demystified Podcast:
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Begin your journey to Demystify and Destigmatize dementia in your community and become a fellow advocate for people living with dementia and their families to live well. Dementia Demystified is hosted and created by Tim England who is a Dementia Champion and a leading voice on dementia in Australia.
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Being a dementia consultant and educator who De-mystifies and De-stigmatises dementia, Tim advocates for people living with dementia and their families to live well. Dementia is an insidious condition and it tenacles infiltrate all levels of societies, and dementia is a challenging topic to discuss. Fear and stigma are associated with dementia and many actively avoid the subject. There is a great deal of misunderstanding, misinformation and many outdated myths linked to dementia. This podcast series aims to change this by being an information bridge between the scientific community and the public regarding dementia related topics. Being between 5 – 10 minutes in length, each episode targets a single dementia element and uses simple non-complicated terms and language.Â
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If you have a loved one living with dementia. If you want to smash the myths and miss information about dementia. If you desire to help people living with dementia and their families to live well. Then these podcasts are for you.