12 • BrainMatters • Spring/Summer 2023
One covers a lot of important stories over the course of a
distinguished journalism career. Carolyn Mackenzie is no
stranger to reporting on the critical news and hot topics of
the day. One such topic is dementia.
As the co-host for Global TV's popular a.m. talk show program
The Morning Show since 2015, Mackenzie has made it a priority
to discuss dementia and brain health with her viewers as often
as she can. The need, she says, comes from her own family
experience of watching her grandfather struggle with dementia
when she was in her teens.
"Like so many, the decline was gradual with my grandfather.
We started to notice certain things along the way. He had mood
swings initially and angered quickly, which was unusual for him,"
she told BrainMatters in a recent interview on the set of The
Morning Show in Toronto. "He'd get disoriented driving. When
all these things began happening more regularly, we knew it was
time to get him assessed."
BREAKING
THE NEWS
Carolyn
Mackenzie
at
Corus
Quay.
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Nick
Pimenoff.
Like so many, the decline was gradual with my
grandfather. We started to notice certain things
along the way. He had mood swings initially and
angered quickly, which was unusual for him.
Carolyn Mackenzie
ABOUT DEMENTIA
