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.
An 86-year-old resident of a Melbourne nursing home has been issued with electricity bills to the value of more than $4,000, after it appears she was cold called by the utility company and signed up for an account. When Joan Ford, who lives at View Hills Manor nursing home in Melbourne’s Endeavour Hills, received an...
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A new toolkit has been developed for aged care workers to help them initiate difficult end of life conversations with aged care residents and clients living with dementia to better assess their needs and wishes.
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Renewed discussion has been sparked about non-medicated support of people experiencing some of the negative behaviours associated with dementia, with September being Dementia Awareness Month around Australia. The journal of the American Medical Association noted that non-medicated treatment of behavioural issues associated with dement ia is proving to be more effective than medicated treatment, and...
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