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‘It’s inhumane’: Vernon woman with dementia hopeful for medically assisted dying
Every year more people are choosing medical assistance in dying in the Interior Health Authority…
MEMORY CAFES: South Okanagan researchers tackle the isolation impacting those with dementia
Memory cafes have been popping up in rural communities in the South Okanagan this year…
Vernon woman finds new life and love after dementia diagnosis
Christine Aiken tucks into a hot breakfast at a diner in Kamloops chatting cheerfully in…
MAID: Revelstoke woman demands access for dementia patients after dad suffered
A woman in Revelstoke is fighting for her right to medical assistance in dying after…
UPDATE: Missing Chilliwack man thought to be in Kelowna located
UPDATE: Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022 Kelowna RCMP say a missing 81-year-old Chilliwack man with dementia…
RCMP seek help to find missing elderly Lillooet man
Lillooet RCMP are asking for the public's assistance in locating a missing 75-year-old man who…
Raw and personal: Vernon resident with dementia publishes memoir
At just 55 years old, Christine Thelker was diagnosed with dementia. Doctors told her there…
Diagnosed with dementia at 55: ‘I’m not scared of dying, I’m scared of not being allowed to live’
Christine Thelker sits on the board of directors of an international charity. She spoke in…