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.
Trevor Crosby has Lewy Body dementia. But he wants to show people, that “you can live well with dementia”. Lewy Body dementia is one of the lesser knows kinds of Dementia, and is also known as DLB. Abnormal clumps of protein, known as Lewy bodies, develop in the main part of the brain, the cortex,...
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There are only very limited treatments available for vascular dementia at present – but that could be about to change. A trial of a Chinese medicine is being expanded here in Australia, and if the initial studies are anything to go by, the results could be promising. The drug being trialled is called Sailuotong (SLT),...
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Sharing the news of a dementia diagnosis might seem daunting. It can be hard to know how to broach such significant news, and you might be concerned about how people will react. While there are good reasons to let people know that you, or someone in your care, has been diagnosed with the condition, the...
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