Working Life: 'The youngest person with dementia we worked with was 45 — that's heartbreaking'

Gillian Dullea, senior primary care occupational therapist, Dublin South and Wicklow

Gillian Dullea, Senior Primary Care Occupational Therapist, Dublin South & Wicklow. Photograph Moya Nolan

“I didn’t know anything about occupational therapy until I went to a careers exhibition in Connolly Hall in Cork about 30 years ago. At the time, I was considering teaching or accounting, but I bumped into some occupational therapists (OTs) and it was clear that they really loved their job. 

"The concept of enabling people to overcome disability and live as independently as possible appealed to me.