This year, International Nurses Day coincided with Mother’s Day. Nicky Hondros, a palliative care nurse shared her and her mum’s heartfelt story and provided a little glimpse into what it’s like caring for someone living with dementia.
Aromatherapy has been found to be effective in helping with the agitation, anxiety and irritability that often occurs in people with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia.
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Research from Macquarie University has shown that weak grip strength and slow walking speed can be used together to predict cognitive decline and dementia before noticeable symptoms appear.
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Delirium in the elderly displays a lot of the same symptoms as dementia, however the time course and pattern of symptoms differ. Delirium and dementia are both disorders that impact cognition. As a result of the similarities, delirium may go unrecognised for people with dementia – even by healthcare professionals. Also sometimes people may get...
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