Aromatherapy for Sundowning – VIDEO

“With wounds costing the Australian health system $3 billion every year and nearly half a million Australians suffering from chronic wounds every day – we need your support to spread awareness.” Each year Wound Awareness Week takes place to raise awareness of chronic wounds across Australia. This year’s theme of Wound Awareness Week is “Let’s Talk About Wounds”. We are encouraging more people... Read More

What is sundowning? Sundowning a term used widely to describe a range of behaviours that occurs in people with or without dementia that worsen in the late afternoon and evening, or as the sunsets. The behaviours you may observe during this time of the day could be agitation, confusion, anxiety, aggression, increased physical activity that... Read More

By Leah Bisiani, MHlthSc/Dip Bus/Dementia and Aged Care Consultant/RN.1 This is part 4 of a 5-part series, ‘Loneliness is the Ultimate Poverty’, written by Leah Bisiani. Please ensure you have read parts 1-3 to appreciate this information in context. The language of communication People living with dementia often attempt to search for such meaning by... Read More