50 minutes | Tuesday, August 26, 2025
On this episode we’re talking about the 1 in 3 families who will deal with dementia…and the cost to governments/taxpayers for not doing a better job at managing that!We have a world leader on this topic with us on this episode.Dr Saskia Sivananthan, based in Toronto, consults with senior health experts from around the world, offering the benefits of years of experience in the field. She even lived in a Long Term Care facility for a bit to see what was happening on the front line, and learned 85 per cent of people there had brain health challenges. 85 per cent!!She has worked with multiple health systems nationally and internationally and was appointed by the Canadian Minister of Health to the Ministerial Advisory Board on Dementia. She was the former Chief Research Officer of the Alzheimer Society of Canada and Senior Consultant for the WHO where she co-drafted the WHO Global Dementia Action Plan which received unanimous consensus at the World Health Assembly. Links:@brainwell_institute (insta)@brainwell_institute (tiktok), @brainwell_institute (youtube)Also on:https://www.blasttheradio.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.