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Colum Arbuckle presents a special programme to mark Dementia Action Week.

Colum Arbuckle presents a special programme to mark Dementia Action Week. His guests are Kate Crawford and Dr Fred Wright.

Colum Arbuckle's guests are Kate Crawford and Dr.Fred Wright.
Kate lives in a caravan overlooking the sea at Ballycastle. She has been diagnosed with early stage Alzheimer's but this hasn't stopped her from making plans to travel around France in a camper van.
Dr Fred Wright is a retired Radiologist. During his long career he worked in the Far East and he once set up an x ray department in India. When his family was young he even travelled around Europe in a converted ambulance! Today, he is caring for his wife who has dementia. Liz Morrison has details on the upcoming Dementia Action Week and schoolchildren and residents of Kirk House residential home in Belfast take part in an intergenerational reading project.

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