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.
Younger onset dementia is estimated to impact the lives of 25,938 people in Australia, these numbers are expected to rise to 29,375 by 2025 and 42,252 by 2056. People living with younger onset dementia are now better equipped to understand and navigate the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) through the release of the NDIS Toolkit for People Living...
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“Dementia” is an impairment in a person’s ability to “mentate” (thus, de-mentia) “Mentation” can involve memory, planning, and placing actions in the right sequence. So when a person has dementia symptoms, it means that they are unable to do this, in one way or another. Dementia is personal for Dr Sam Gandy – both...
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With approximately 70% of people with dementia living at home, carers in the community are living with the impact of changing, and sometimes challenging behaviours.
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