
SUPPORTING FAMILIES DEALING WITH YOUNGER ONSET DEMENTIA
WHAT DOES SUPPORT FOR FAMILIES LIVING WITH
YOUNGER ONSET DEMENTIA LOOK LIKE?
Through their research when Mike was first diagnosed, Liz, Jamie, Kasey, Kendell and their extended family found some wonderful support services provided by organisations such as the Dementia Support Network of Western Australia, Memory Nurture and others.
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The goal of the daily grind is to assist other families by providing the financial assistance to access these services.

"Younger Onset Dementia"​​​​​​​​​ is any kind of Dementia that forms in people under the age of 65!​​​​​​​​
Some examples of the tangible help the Dementia Support Network of Western Australia
have been providing recently include:
47 Years Old
A 47-year-old single mum who has been diagnosed with genetic YOD. She did not have the funds to pay for a consult so Dementia Support Network offered it to her free of charge, however this unfortunately isn't always possible. They sorted all of her paperwork and lodged and paid for her EPOA, (what is this?) and are currently organising her application for the NDIS, which is due to be approved and settled next week.
Young Mother
They have a young mother in a small town who is now immobile so a wheelchair is being organised for her. The family don’t have a car, however this way her husband can push her around into town which means she is now able get out of the house. They also have a large bill from a public hospital because of her last recent stay they are paying this off at five dollars a week and it is causing them a lot of stress.
52 Years Old
a 52 year old woman with quite advanced dementia, her husband is working six days a week to allow for the loss of her income. She’s not showering, so the organisation now visits up every few days with a gift bag with some 'new clothes', and ask her to try them on... it means she is in fresh clothes and facilitates her other clothing to be able to be washed. It doesn’t replace her shower, but it is a step in the right direction.
60 Years Old
60 year old gentleman who's family have been struggling to get him on the NDIS for the last year. Due to no professional support being able to be provided in his home, he has ended up being taken by the police and put into hospital. He had to be placed in the mental health unit and the Dementia Support Network assisted the family to push the NDIS application through. They also met with the hospital social workers and have now had him released into a supported independent living home where he gets 24 hour day care.