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.
Carer Cathy Lillyman is excitedly preparing for another great Christmas Day with husband Leo, who lives with dementia, with their extended family gathering. But she admits there is no escaping the grief of what has changed.
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A new study has shown that more than 90 per cent of those who are caring for a family member with dementia don’t get enough sleep. The research, by the University at Buffalo School of Nursing in the US, showed that family carers are getting less than six hours of sleep a night – when...
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Because dementia is commonly associated with old age, many don’t realise that the condition can be diagnosed in those as young as in their 30s. In Australia, there are currently around 400,000 people living with dementia. Of those, nearly 26,000 have what is known as ‘younger onset dementia’, the term given to dementia when it...
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