Aromatherapy for Sundowning – VIDEO

Please ensure you have read the published Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 of this article, and have located the relevant appendices. “If you told someone with dementia a thousand times and he still doesn’t understand, then it is not the person with dementia who is the slow learner.” Basic Models of care 1.... Read More

Omnicare Alliance is a community impact organisation with a focus on aged and disability support on the Mid North Coast, following the merger between HDRC Services, Meals on Wheels MNC, Hastings Home Modifications & Maintenance, Parklands Cottage and Hastings Headway. Omnicare’s organisational purpose is to engage, include, connect and support; with our core value being... Read More

Dementia can cause rapid degeneration of abilities that came so naturally previously before the diagnosis. As people living with dementia’s symptoms progress they may appear at some stage to be unresponsive and apathetic.  Apathy in someone living dementia can be seen as: loss of motivation, diminished initiation, low social engagement, poor persistence, lack of interest, and or insight.... Read More