As New Zealand marks Dementia Awareness Month this September, two health organisations have joined to meet a quiet but widespread anxiety — the fear of forgetting, and the long silence before answers arrive. Age Brightly and Bay Audiology are offering free webinars and cognitive screenings to any New Zealander who wonders where normal aging ends and something more serious begins. In a healthcare landscape where months can pass before a concerned person reaches a specialist, the initiative places knowledge and assessment directly within reach, grounded in the understanding that uncertainty itse