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.
When 39-year-old mother of two, Sarah Park, realised she was repeating herself at a barbecue with friends, she put it down to the prosecco she had been drinking. But as time went on, she began to come to the realisation that there was something more to her occasional mistakes. She mixed up her children’s clothing,...
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A call to action has been made for more mental health beds to be available for people with behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia. Recently, a Western Australian man living with dementia had murder charges against him dropped after he was accused of fatally stabbing his wife. The 88 year old man, who is waiting...
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Understanding the options and choices can go a long way to finding a safe, human centred approach to dementia care that works for those that need and deserve it most.
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