Aug 11, 2017

Aromatherapy for Sundowning – VIDEO

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.

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Frank Dimasi excused from court hearing for wife’s murder

The husband of well-loved grandmother Maria Dimasi, who is accused of stabbing her to death in their Adelaide home, has been excused from court as he is said to be experiencing severe reactions from an infection. Read More

Restraining residents is an abuse of human rights

  A government committee has heard that Australia’s regulation of the use of physical and chemical constraints is in breach of human rights conventions. Former aged care minister Ken Wyatt approved the new regulations to limit the use of chemical and physical restraint in April 2019, and they became effective in July. But a special... Read More

Robot Pets Can Reduce Agitation in People Living With Dementia

Pet Therapy is not exactly a new idea in the aged care space, but over the last few years, there has been a definite increase in the number of aged care facilities that have begun to incorporate the love and companionship of animals as a way to stimulate residents and combat issues of loneliness and... Read More
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