Ep.13 Kate Lee | Passionately leading the Alzheimer’s Society

In this episode, I’m joined by Kate Lee, Chief Executive of the Alzheimer’s Society. Kate joined Alzheimer’s Society as their Chief Executive in March 2020. Prior to this role, she was CEO at a children’s cancer charity. She was previously CEO of Myton Hospice, a large Adult Palliative Care Charity in Coventry and Warwickshire, where she worked with many individuals with dementia and their families. Before that Kate spent 16 years at the British Red Cross leading UK service delivery, before becoming Director of UK and International Strategy and Deputy CEO in 2005. We talk about the impact of COVID 19 on those with dementia and carers where Kate gives us an insight into the saddening effect of isolation on those with the disease. Having begun her role at the very start of the pandemic in March 2020, Kate shares some of the challenges that she was immediately faced. We talk about the initiatives that Kate oversees, tips on keeping the brain active, incorrect assumptions about Alzheimer’s and the stigma in some communities around reaching out for help. To keep up with Kate Lee, you can follow her on Twitter at @KateLeeCEO And to find out more about the Alzheimer’s Society, get involved or find some of the tools mentioned in the episode, visit: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/