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.
“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...
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By Amy Henderson – Journalist For many dementia is an ugly word. It is the thing that has taken their freedom from them, for spouses it is the thing that has changed the person they have loved for decades. It is a thing they fear, it is a thing they hate. To enter into this...
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If you couldn’t see your food on the plate, then it would be no wonder that you wouldn’t eat it. Researchers believe that the visual-cognitive deficiencies caused by Alzheimer’s are due to people with the diagnosis not being able to process visual data—such as depth perception and contrast. There have been a number of studies...
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