In this episode, host Wayne MacPhail interviews Brenda Hounam, a 58-year-old Paris, Ontario resident.

Six years ago, Brenda was the single parent of two children. She had to give up her career as an accountant when Alzheimer's struck.

Back then, she thought the disease would prevent her from experiencing the life events -- births, graduations, marriages -- that she had looked forward to. Wayne interviewed Brenda by phone a couple of weeks after her son's wife delivered Brenda's first grandchild.

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

Learn more about the song "One More Memory" here.

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

Photo Brenda with singer Sara Westbrook courtesy of Linda Westbrook

Length: 17:25, Size: 17 Mb

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In this episode host Wayne MacPhail interviews Gerry McKee. Gerry is a former broadcaster now living in Ottawa with his wife, Joan.

Gerry's dealing with early onset Alzheimer's disease. He also watched as his father wrestled with the disease just after his retirement.

Joan is passionate about raising funds for this disease. In the 2006 Manulife Walk for Memories, Joan was one of the top fundraisers in the Ottawa region.

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 Gerry McKee

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Length: 15:45, Size: 15 Mb

In this episode, host Wayne MacPhail interviews Ruth Anne Smithson by phone from her home near Simcoe, Ontario.

Ruth Anne is a 59-year-old retired school teacher. Her husband, Paul is 62 and is living with early onset Alzheimer's disease. Ruth Anne first started noticing her husband's memory loss in the summer of 2001, when he forgot how to play a card game.

The disease struck Paul much earlier than normal, often Alzheimer's disease doesn't hit until later in life.

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 Ruth Anne Smithson

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Length: 19:57, Size: 18.3 Mb

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