Associate Professor Samantha Loi is an old age psychiatrist and neuropsychiatrist working at the Royal Melbourne Hospital Neuropsychiatry service and Department of Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne. Sam is the current Victorian Chair of the Faculty of Psychiatry of Old Age of the Royal Australian New Zealand College of Psychiatrists and Chair of the Young-Onset Dementia Special Interest Group.

Growing up, Samantha had little direct interaction with older individuals, but her perspective shifted dramatically during her placement in old age psychiatry. It was here that she encountered the remarkable resilience of older people and was deeply moved by their ability to navigate life's challenges. Samantha quickly came to admire how these individuals have crafted their lives, despite the complexities of ageing. She explains that Ol ...