Expired Q&A about Dementia and memory loss: have your questions answered – Thames
Q&A about Dementia and memory loss: have your questions answered
Includes ‘Dad, you’ve got Dementia’ book reading and Q&A with author Kristen Phillips
Author Profile:
Kristen Phillips is the author of Dad You’ve Got Dementia: Conversations with my father (The Cuba Press, July 2023). She grew up in Te Awa Kairangi / Lower Hutt and is tangata Tiriti, with ancestors from Scotland and England. At the end of 1987 she went travelling ‘for a year’ and returned to Aotearoa after thirty years based in London. During her time in London, she completed courses at the Poetry School and was part of a writing group for over ten years. Her father, Don, showed signs of memory-loss in 2011, was diagnosed with dementia in 2016, and died in 2019. She currently lives in Te Whanganui-a-Tara with her partner, the writer Mia Farlane.
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July 28, 2025
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Venue: Thames War Memorial Civic Centre
Venue Phone: 07 868 0200
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