Takaya Honda is one of Australia's most recognised faces on stage and screen.
His extensive film and television credentials include roles in A Gurls World, The Code, My Great Big Adventure, Naked Strangers, SBS’s three time Equity ‘Best Comedy Ensemble’ winning series The Family Law, Play School and Network 10's iconic show Neighbours. In this episodes, Takaya speaks openly about his experience with mental illness first beginning when he watched his nan pass from Alzheimers and then watching his mother, Rhonda's health decline over the years following her dementia diagnosis over 11 years ago.
We hear from Takaya a very personal story about the diagnosis, how the disease changed his mothers life and the families, the true reality of dementia, having those hard conversations and his ambassadorship for Dementia Australia all with hopes it draws even more awareness around Dementia as in Australia 7 in 10 people are affected in some way by the disease and over 400,000 suffer from it.
You can keep up to date with Takaya through his socials @takayah or find out more about his work at:
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4228530/
To find out more resources or help around Dementia, please be sure to head to Dementia Australia's official website at: https://www.dementia.org.au
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A big thank you to our Voice-Over: Mike Christensen (thevoicemonkey.com)
