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.
A woman who was accused of kidnapping an elderly dementia patient from a Melbourne nursing home pleaded not guilty in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Thursday. 52 year old Irene Moschones, was allegedly caught on camera wheeling 97 year old grandmother and World War II survivor Dimitra Pavlopoulu out through the entrance of the Clarinda...
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Delirium in the elderly displays a lot of the same symptoms as dementia, however the time course and pattern of symptoms differ. Delirium and dementia are both disorders that impact cognition. As a result of the similarities, delirium may go unrecognised for people with dementia – even by healthcare professionals. Also sometimes people may get...
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Are you a glass half empty kind of person? Do you tend to dwell on the negative, ruminate over the past, or worry incessantly about the future? These ways of thinking not only make you feel lousy, researchers have shown they could also contribute to higher rates of dementia as you grow older. Researchers...
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