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‘It gets very lonely’: Support group urges people to reach out and access dementia help

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September is World Alzheimer’s Month, during which organisations worldwide are highlighting the alarming rise in cases of Alzheimer’s and other common forms of dementia. The Gisborne Herald’s Kim Parkinson spoke with the wife of an Alzheimer’s sufferer and with the manager of Alzheimers Gisborne/Tairāwhiti as it looks to raise its profile. 

It has been heartbreaking for Gisborne wom...


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