Colin’s story: "Education, social support and self-care for carers"

It’s important to keep going with your own personal interests and skills. It helps you to stay confident. Hello, I’m Colin and here’s my story about having support networks and looking after myself… After Val’s diagnosis we joined a Living with Memory Loss course run through Dementia Australia. There were eight couples, so 16 people in the group. Most of us decided to stay in touch, and about 10 of us still get together pretty regularly.