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.
People living with dementia should be given music or dance therapy, the UK Health Secretary has said. At a reception hosted by the Prince of Wales at Clarence House, Health Secretary Matt Hancock said, “Dementia can devastate the lives of people affected by it and, although there is not yet a cure, I believe...
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Transport by ambulance can be a distressing experience for people with dementia. Noisy, enclosed, and unfamiliar, the environment can exacerbate symptoms, destabilise a person’s psychological health.
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When artist, Tony Luciani, set up his new camera blocking the doorway to his apartment’s only bathroom, he had no concept of the chain of events he had just set in motion. Tony soon became absorbed in experimenting with the camera’s various dials, buttons and settings. But his elderly mother was living with him at the...
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