Dementia diagnosis – Part one

Health NZ – Canterbury’s Dr Matthew Croucher and former Alzheimers NZ Chief Executive Catherine Hall explore diagnosis from a clinician’s perspective this World Alzheimers Month.

Explore why a diagnosis is so important, some of the barriers people may face and cut through some of the noise around biomarkers and other tests for dementia mate wareware.

We’ll follow this podcast up with a second part around diagnosis from a lived experience perspective.

Please note this episode was recorded on 23 July.

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