Aug 11, 2017

Aromatherapy for Sundowning – VIDEO

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.

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Doctors regularly miss dementia in their patients

A UK study has found that in nearly 40% of cases, doctors aren’t aware that patients they are treating have dementia. A study by the University College London found that medical staff are regularly treating patients without realising the patient has previously been diagnosed with dementia. The researchers say elderly people who are living with dementia are being sent... Read More

Tattoos & coloured hair in dementia care

How to seniors respond to care workers with an 'alternative appearance', for example, with piercings, brightly coloured hair and tattoos. Read More

Nightmares are a good predictor of future dementia – new study

We spend a third of our lives asleep. And a quarter of our time asleep is spent dreaming. So, for the average person alive in 2022, with a life expectancy of around 73, that clocks in at just over six years of dreaming. Read More
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