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Dr Toyin AjalaDr. Olutoyin Ajala is the Chairperson/Chief Executive Officer of JBS Elderly Health & Wellbeing Foundation Africa, an organisation that focuses on enhancing the care and quality of life of the underprivileged older persons in Nigeria/Africa.She is also the MD/ founder of JBS GERONTOLOGY CENTER & JBS Medicare Services, a leader in Geriatric Healthcare, a specialist Elderly Healthcare. It is currently the only Geriatrician-led private healthcare service in Nigeria.She graduated from Medical School in Ibadan, Nigeria, in 1991 and did her house job at the University College Hospital, Ibadan, before moving to the UK to complete her specialist training in Geriatric and General Medicine and a UK certified Consultant Geriatrician currently working in the UK’s National Health Service.She has, over the past 20 years, acquired a vast amount of experience and expertise in the management of all geriatric medicine conditions, including Dementia.She is passionate about mentoring younger medical professionals and has participated in several mentoring schemes. She participates in the supervision and training of junior doctors and medical students in her current role. She is a notable speaker on Dementia prevention and has featured on several radio and international TV programs.In 2017, she was appointed as Visiting Consultant Geriatrician at the CTA Geriatric Center, UCH, Ibadan by the Honorable Minister of Health.Her expertise lies in geriatric medicine & Dementia management and the promotion of healthy aging.Dr Ajala is the editor of “Age Gracefully Digest” a quarterly e-newsletter on Healthy Aging. She is the convener of “The Healthier Aging Conference” which holds annually.As an avid traveler, she has numerous posts on travel and lifestyle. She has visited 78 countries and the 7 continents, putting her in the top 0.02% of the world. She is married to a consultant obstetrician/ gynecologist and is a mother of 4 children, one of them an aspiring medical doctor.