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 from a hospital in Denmark have conducted research into the positive effects of conducting x-rays and imaging in the homes of people living with dementia.
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Police saw a carer punching, slapping and verbally abusing an elderly woman after they received a tip-off from a concerned neighbour. When police arrived at the elderly woman’s home in Thirroul, south of Sydney, on Friday night, they saw her carer, 26-year old Alicia Gawronski, punching her on the thigh after she had fallen down....
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The benefits of gardening and being in nature have long been intuitively understood. More recently, researchers have brought scientific rigour to what many felt instinctively: that being outside and involved in the growing of plants is good for us, both in body and mind. In the New South Wales Hunter Valley, a dementia day...
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