Dr. Michael Gordon, http://www.drmichaelgordon.com/, is a medical professor, ethicist and one of Canada’s best-known geriatricians. Susan Eng is Vice President for Advocacy at CARP, the national, non-partisan, non-profit organization, http://www.carp.ca/, committed to advocating for social change that will bring equitable access to health care and freedom from discrimination for aging Canadians. They talk about their work, and how it relates to dementia. They discuss the roles and responsibilities of specialist physicians, the mental healthcare and criminal justice systems, families and family caregivers as decision-makers involved with dementia, and the challenges that confront these decision-makers in fulfilling their roles and responsibilities. They say what more they would like to see done to promote fair and reasonable decision-making relating to dementia, and share their messages for family caregivers concerned about their family members who may be starting with dementia.