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.
In 35 years of working with people living with dementia and the aged population, I have lived by Thomas Kitwood’s philosophy, of person centred care: I am caring for a person with dementia, not a person with dementia. I am caring for a 90-year-old man living with heart disease, kidney failure and lung disease not...
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We know that the love of a puppy can be one of the best feelings in the world, but did you also know that puppy play can have health benefits too? Team leader Kirsty Chivers of Life Care’s Norman House in South Australia noticed that residents could do with some lighthearted fun, so started bringing in her pair of french bulldogs, Barry and Zara to visit with the residents twice a week.
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This may come as a shock to some people, but dementia is not actually a specific disease or illness. Dementia is an ‘umbrella’ term that describes a series of symptoms associated with a decline in memory, or a deterioration in thinking skills that can reduce a person’s ability to perform everyday activities. And one of...
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