Imagine watching someone you love slowly change before your eyes. They become impulsive, lose empathy, struggle to communicate, or begin making decisions that seem completely out of character. Friends assume it's stress. Employers think it's burnout. Doctors diagnose depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, menopause, or even a midlife crisis. Years later, the truth finally emerges: it was never a mental health condition. It was Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD). For far too many C

Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is one of the most misunderstood and under-recognized neurodegenerative diseases in Canada. For families, the journey to diagnosis is often long, confusing, and emotionally devastating. For medical professionals, it can be an uncomfortable clinical challenge; rare, complex, and lacking a single definitive diagnostic test during life. But that discomfort cannot become inaction. If we are to truly support patients and families living with FTD, we m