Extra Healthy-Ish: Keri Kitay on her mothers dementia journey

Keri Kitay shares her heartbreaking story of her mothers dementia journey

Dementia is the second leading cause of death in Australia and author Keri Kitay watched her mum battled early onset Alzheimer's for eight years before she died aged 63. She shares her heartbreaking journey…



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For more on her book The Long Goodbye (Hachette, $34.99) see here or for Keri, see @kerikitay. For the Centre for Healthy Brain Aging (CHeBA) see here.  



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In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). 

Dementia is the second leading cause of death in Australia and author Keri Kitay watched her mum battled early onset Alzheimer's for eight years before she died aged 63. She shares her heartbreaking journey…
 
WANT MORE FROM KERI?
For more on her book The Long Goodbye (Hachette, $34.99) see <a href="https://www.hachette.com.au/keri-kitay/the-long-goodbye-lessons-on-humanity-from-the-grips-of-alzheimer-s" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.hachette.com.au/keri-kitay/the-long-goodbye-lessons-on-humanity-from-the-grips-of-alzheimer-s&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1714428479534000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2sBymKQR6ieJSUIQGHKkE2">here</a> or for Keri, see <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kerikitay/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.instagram.com/kerikitay/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1714428479534000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1mILMzAZe5MslOTUtH8-wk">@kerikitay</a>. For the Centre for Healthy Brain Aging (CHeBA) see <a href="https://cheba.unsw.edu.au/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://cheba.unsw.edu.au/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1714428479534000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0fW72BhCaapGmGKamUf-1d">here</a>.  
 
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Online: Head to <a href="https://www.bodyandsoul.com.au/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.bodyandsoul.com.au/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1714428479534000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2bTIHi2Bs_x7awCLIKI1PP">bodyandsoul.com.au</a> for your daily digital dose of health and wellness.
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In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania).

Extra Healthy-ish is the big sister podcast to Healthy-ish. Get extra tips to make healthier decisions, for your mind, body and soul.

Extra Healthy-ish is the big sister podcast to Healthy-ish. Here you'll get extra bits from your favourite guests, extra expert intel from doctors, dermatologists and dietitians, extra tips and extra tools to make healthier decisions, for your mind, body and soul. It's all a bit extra. Extra Healthy-ish publishes a new episode Monday to Thursday. For more, head to www.bodyandsoul.com.au

Extra Healthy-ish is the big sister podcast to Healthy-ish. Here you'll get extra bits from your favourite guests, extra expert intel from doctors, dermatologists and dietitians, extra tips and extra tools to make healthier decisions, for your mind, body and soul.

Extra Healthy-ish

Extra Healthy-ish is the big sister podcast to Healthy-ish. Here you'll get extra bits from your favourite guests, extra expert intel from doctors, dermatologists and dietitians, extra tips and extra tools to make healthier decisions, for your mind, body and soul. It's all a bit extra. Extra Healthy-ish publishes a new episode Monday to Thursday. For more, head to www.bodyandsoul.com.au 

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