Episode One: Caring for Philma

In this first podcast in the Talk for Memory series, host Wayne MacPhail speaks to Geoff Dean. Geoff, who's 65, is a former book publisher. He had to give up his career to care for his wife, Philma.

They were married 42 years ago, after graduating from the University of Toronto, just two years earlier. But in the '90s, Philma showed the first signs of dementia that gradually worsened.

Their two children live in other cities. Geoff and Philma's sister trade off assisting her day to day.

To learn more about Alzheimer's disease and related disorders, visit http://www.alzheimerontario.org

To help you care for someone with Alzheimer's disease or related disorders, visit http://www.alzheimer.ca/english/care/intro.htm

For more information, call the Alzheimer Society of Ontario at 1-800-879-4226

Photo courtesy of Geoff Dean

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Length: 17:20, Size: 16.1 Mb