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14 Headlines Angela Caughey, 92, debuts her third book ‘A Better Brain for Life’ Dementia, a general term that describes the loss of cognitive function to the extent that it interferes with daily life, affects more than 70,000 Kiwis. That’s nearly 1.5% of our population. But it also affects many more: the partners of people with dementia, their children, their siblings, their friends, and so on. That’s where Angela Caughey’s story as an ambassador of hope begins. "Parents can teach their kids that they’re not invincible by letting them see that they, the parents, are not invincible... they set an example of sensible adult strategies for their children to follow."