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.
Researchers will spend the next decade exploring the disease’s risk factors, prevention, stigma, and best-practice care for dementia as part of a new plan to uncover the true prevalence and impact of the disease in Australia.
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Police are calling for assistance in identifying a non-verbal older woman who has been abandoned at a Sunshine Coast hospital by an unknown man.
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Just because people with dementia and other complex needs have health issues, it does not mean their wants and needs differ from that of a healthy person. They -too, want to have real lives and want to be able to connect and grow. And for older people, that should be reflected in their aged care...
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