Empathy is the motivation for early-onset dementia: A year has passed since the launch of the Sunagawa community group, which also offers opportunities for people with dementia to talk only with their families [Hokkaido Shimbun Digital]

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

We would like to introduce an article (dated May 27th) published on the Hokkaido Shimbun Digital website operated by the Hokkaido Shimbun Press (Sapporo City) entitled "Empathy is encouraging for early-onset dementia: One year since the launch of the Sunagawa social gathering, which also includes a place for people with dementia and their families to talk alone."

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.