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Kate Swaffer

2017 Australian of the Year (South Australia) |
Author and advocate for living beyond dementia

Biogragrahy:

From:
South Australia

Dementia Activist, speaker, author; Australian Of The Year 2017, SA; UOW Social Impact Award 2016; 100 Women of Influence, 2016; University of Wollongong Phd Student Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health; Master's of Science (Dementia Care 2014), Bachelor of Psychology, Bachelor of Arts, Graduate Diploma in Grief Counselling, Chef, Retired nurse. My goal is to change the post diagnostic experience of dementia to include a human rights based approach, and proactive disability support.