Alzheimer Awareness Month targets stigma around disease

One of the biggest stigmas around dementia is that you’re going to develop the disease if you grow old, according to seniors advocate Isobel Mackenzie.
For January’s Alzheimer Awareness Month, Mackenzie said the biggest stereotype she wants to break down is the belief that the majority of British Columbians 85 and older have dementia. They don’t.
“If you look at age 85 and over, 20 per cent do have a diagnosis of dementia — but four out of five don’t,&rdq