Early-onset dementia: Empathy is the encouragement. One year has passed since the launch of the Sunagawa exchange group. There are also places for people with dementia to talk only with their families. [Hokkaido Shimbun Digital]

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

The Hokkaido Shimbun Digital website operated by the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo City) has published an article (dated May 27th) entitled "Early-onset dementia: Empathy is encouraging: One year since the launch of Sunagawa social gathering, also a place for people with dementia or their families to talk alone," so we would like to introduce it to you.

The article states, "The name of the association was onceHokuryu TownThe name is named after an organization of the same name that was established in 2007 to support people with early-onset dementia and their families who had moved to the area, and was dissolved in 2011.