About Hold the Moment Podcast

So, you’ve been diagnosed with dementia...what comes next?  

There’ll be moments of grief, confusion and anger. But there’ll also be joy and hope as you navigate this new chapter.  

Hold the Moment, a podcast from Dementia Australia, is full of real stories about life after a dementia diagnosis.

On Hold the Moment, you’ll meet people living with dementia and hear how they manage issues such as telling others about a diagnosis and getting your affairs in order. Plus lots of tips and strategies you can use in your life – from exercise, to getting around town, to sleep.  

And you’re not alone. You’ll be guided by hosts Jim Rogers, who lives with younger onset dementia, and journalist Hamish Macdonald, whose father has dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson’s. 

Introducing Hold the Moment

“You could’ve knocked me off my chair. It was like time stood still.” 

Jim Rogers was blindsided by his diagnosis of younger onset Alzheimer’s disease in his 50s. He didn’t see a dementia diagnosis coming, and yet it changed almost everything.  

The way you sleep, exercise, travel around, and even how you interact with your loved ones will change after a diagnosis. So how do you even start to process all these changes?  

On Hold the Moment, you’re not alone. Join Jim and his co-host, journalist and broadcaster Hamish Macdonald whose father has dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson’s, as they learn how people with dementia are managing their changing circumstances.  

We’ll also bring in a few experts along the way for advice on the especially tricky stuff, like getting your legal affairs in order.  

Follow Hold the Moment wherever you get your podcasts so you don’t miss an episode. And share it with anyone you know who has a dementia diagnosis or who knows someone who does.