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.
There are more than 200 different kinds of dementia, and medical research is yet to find a cure or a way to reverse the condition. Dementia is an umbrella term for large group of illnesses that affect the brain and cause a progressive decline in a person’s functioning. In Australia alone, around 244 people each...
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Why do you keep talking to me? What do you want? I don’t understand what you are saying. This is what can go through the mind of a person living with dementia as they try to navigate their confusing and often frustrating new world Almost half a million Australians live with dementia – and...
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New technology inspired by Virtual Reality (VR) and gaming is being offered to aged care workers in ACT to better educate them on caring for older people with dementia.
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