Walking the Talk for Dementia

Walking The Talk For Dementia was the brainchild of three people, including two Fellows for Equity in Brain Health, Fernando Aguzzoli-Peres from Brazil and Clara Dominguez from Santiago de Compostela. They, along with Brazilian Gustavo San Martin, wanted to organise a conference with a difference where, over four days, people living with dementia, practitioners, researchers, caregivers and Atlantic Fellows walked and talked together to better understand each other’s experiences so that collectively they could create change.

Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health, Fernando Aguzzoli-Peres says his grandmother’s diagnosis was inspirational in co-creating an immersive dementia focused walk along the ancient Camino pilgrim path. Joined by Fellows from cross disciplinary programs, and people living with the condition, this episode focuses on the importance of a multi generational approach, and why societies need to change their view of the disease.

People living with dementia describe their emotional experiences of walking the Camino, and the impact of early age diagnosis. This episode hears Fellows discussing Indigenous contexts of dementia, and considers the impact of biological, cultural and social determinants on the disease.