2026-02-01 from ctvnews.ca

Many Canadian seniors would prefer to spend as many of their remaining years as possible in their own homes, but a dementia diagnosis such as Alzheimer’s can quickly throw a wrench in those plans, a brain expert says.

“We want to stay at home because it’s a familiar place, we have our routines and there’s the independence and the autonomy,” Dr. Saskia Sivananthan, a neuroscientist and CEO of dementia-focused think tank the Brainwell Institute, told CTV’s Your Morning Thursday.

“But the fact of the matter is, with Alzheimer’s disease, as you get to those end stages, you’re going to need a lot more care, and that’s so difficult unless you have a caregiver and a whole team surrounding you to support you.”

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