Laura Lebec

Inclusive workplaces

How can we model innovative and inclusive employment practices alongside labour markets where everyone is empowered to thrive and contribute?   MAQ shared his experience of being diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia while still employed. He made the difficult decision to leave his career as an accountant, feeling he could no longer give 100% to his clients. His diagnosis profoundly impacted his family, both emotionally […]

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Economic costs and benefits

What are the economic implications of individuals impacted by dementia at work as well as the wider impacts of working with dementia in society? We looked at the figures for life expectancy across different countries for men and women, as well as the numbers of people whose cause of death is listed as dementia.  The worldwide prevalence of dementia is expected to rise in the future.  People are living longer

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