Ita Buttrose – Dementia Action Week, Dementia Australia
HelloCare spoke to Ita Buttrose, AC OBE a member of the Dementia Australia’s panel, about how to tackle discrimination against people who are living with dementia.
Love Ita interview – she is an amazing woman. However WHY is the interviewer looking at her phone while speaking to Ita Buttrose? It was very rude and distracting. Gosh how embarrassing – it looked awful and goes against every polite axiom we have in modern society!
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Back in 2014 I encouraged the aged care and disability sectors to “move out of the silos” and share services, including sharing staff. I believe more firmly than ever that this needs to happen. I said back then there are undoubtedly common skills and attributes required of workers from both sectors. I suggested that a...
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Love Ita interview – she is an amazing woman. However WHY is the interviewer looking at her phone while speaking to Ita Buttrose? It was very rude and distracting. Gosh how embarrassing – it looked awful and goes against every polite axiom we have in modern society!