Health committee  I'm afraid part of that question is out of my scope, but what I certainly can respond to, sir, is that it is not uncommon to have this kind of scenario played out right across this country, unfortunately. When you say that the person has come with basically no medical problem o

Health committee  Absolutely, I am sure, and there is quite a lot of awareness that needs to be raised among health care providers that the reason that person with dementia arrived in emergency today instead of yesterday or three weeks ago may well be that something has triggered it. There is some

Health committee  I can't speak to mental health issues generally. I can only speak to dementia. Certainly, when we're talking about someone with dementia, we are typically talking about somebody who is fairly advanced in the disease. This is someone whose brain has become so damaged that their ab

Health committee  We certainly approach this from a multi-pronged approach, as our previous speaker has just identified. There is no one answer that's going to be a silver bullet here. Certainly, it's going to take everyone working together. On your point about education, we know clearly from peo

Health committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and good afternoon to members of the health committee. The Alzheimer Society of Canada very much appreciates the opportunity to bring the perspective of how dementia can play a role in violent incidents between care providers and clients or residents. Viole