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We have to get behind the scientists and push for a dementia breakthrough. It could be that we fear dementia out of a sense of hopelessness, but there is hope, and it rests in the hands of our scientists.

Dementia is not exclusively a problem of the developed world.

None of us wants to be reminded that dementia is random, relentless, and frighteningly common.

Dementia is our most-feared illness, more than heart disease or cancer.

Advances in science and medical research and public health policies have meant that life expectancy for Australians is one of the highest in the world.

Alzheimer's caregivers are heroes.

Alzheimer's is a devastating disease. It was painful for me and my family to watch my grandfather deteriorate. We must find a cure for this horrible disease.

Those with dementia are still people and they still have stories and they still have character and they're all individuals and they're all unique. And they just need to be interacted with on a human level.

Dementia is often regarded as an embarrassing condition that should be hushed up and not spoken about. But I feel passionately that more needs to be done to raise awareness, which is why I became an ambassador for the Alzheimer's Society.

I feel really qualified to write about Australia.