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.
The lack of focus on dementia within a $115.5 billion budget in 2020–21 for health, aged care and sport, reveals that dementia is still not receiving the attention it deserves.
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A journalist recently wrote a piece in support of assisted dying concerning a colleague she had known professionally and personally for some time. Polly Toynbee said of her colleague, Katherine Whitehorn, “She is not herself. Her old self would not recognise herself in this other being who sits in the care home. What or who...
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There have been a number of dementia villages built around the world – and now Australia is joining in on the unique and innovative concept. Australia’s very first suburban village designed specifically for people with dementia is set to be built in Tasmania. Tasmania has the fastest growing ageing population in the nation, and dementia is...
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