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.
Earlier in the year, an elderly Perth man was accused of killing his wife in their suburban home. He was in the later stages of cancer and his wife had advanced dementia. Harold Barclay, 85, was charged with the murder or his wife of 63 years, a woman he was described as “devoted” to. According...
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It’s Sunday morning, and Margaret has just walked into her kitchen for the third time. Again, she wonders, “For what?” She looks around the room, perplexed. She has no clue. She takes a chair at the small table closest to her. For a while, she sits staring. Margaret is worried. She seems to be having...
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Researchers have long known there is a link between depression and dementia. Depression often accompanies depression, with experts saying that as many as 30 percent of those with dementia also suffer from depression. The rates in nursing homes are likely to be even higher. According to Dementia Australia, dementia can actually contribute to depression, through...
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