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Varsha Bhat

Varsha Bhat

Business and innovation leader, caregiver advocate, Vice-Chair of the Alzheimer Society of Montreal, and host of the Aging With Dignity podcast.

Sep 16, 2026

4:35
Oh
4:35
... all of this work.
4:35
So she found ways to contribute.
4:38
So I give that as a background because they, they understood the medical field.
4:43
Um, they were community builders and givers right from the get-go.
4:47
It was part of what was ingrained in our life as we were growing up.
4:50
You give to your family, to your friends, to the community, and to society.

7 MINS LATER

11:27
She was very aware.
13:46
Can you talk about that?
13:48
Sure.
13:48
Um, my journey didn't start as a caregiver.
13:53
That wasn't a label I knew.
13:55
Um, I started as a daughter.
13:57
Um, my mother in 2019 was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, and that was around November or December of 2019.
14:05
We all know a couple of months later we're all in lockdown.

14 MINS LATER

28:20
So how would you suggest that they, that individuals start that conversation?

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