Understanding dementia made easier

Alzheimer's Australia is employing translators and interpreters to make it easier for Aussie from an ethnic background to understand dementia.

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Published 4 June 2012 6:43pm

Updated 3 September 2013 6:01pm

By Allan Raskall

Source: SBS

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Understanding dementia is difficult and frustrating enough -- and more so if English isn't your first language.

Alzheimer's Australia has moved to address the issue, training interpreters and translators to help better understand, and explain the illness to patients and their loved ones.

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