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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Dementia’s influence on people living with Down Syndrome is something we rarely talk about, but a candid conversation with Down Syndrome Australia’s Amelia Sloan and Dr Rebecca Kelly shed light on the ways to fix that.
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Many families are finding themselves in the difficult situation of having to make decisions for a loved one that is living with some form of dementia. As the person living with dementia begins to deteriorate, multiple decisions need to be made by family members, who want to do their best, but don’t have a clear...
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