More than 18 thousand Manitobans are living with dementia today, and that number is expected to reach over 39 thousand by 2050.

Alzheimer Society Manitoba has launched its annual awareness campaign to highlight the resources available to help support families with a member living with the neurological disease.

Senior Manager of Regional Services, Liz McLeod, encourages northerners to reach out to learn more about the society’s services.

“We do serve the North but we do not have offices in the North which is something we would like to move towards. They can call any of our offices. The Winnipeg office is 204-943-6622 and if they call that number, they can be referred out to somebody in the region who has time to sit down with them over the phone and talk about what the important things that they need to know are. Or they can just call any one of our offices and they can find that on our website, www.alzheimer.mb.ca.

Listen to Thompson Today at 12:40 and 5:10 this afternoon for the full interview.