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.
Gary Thorpe, General Manager of Silver Memories, a twenty-four hour music station for seniors shares with Aged Care Report Card a touching account of the benefits observed after listening to the program. Gary received a letter from a man who was the primary carer for his wife who has Alzheimer’s. Her disease progressed to the...
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Dementia is not simply one condition. Rather, it is a broad term used to describe the symptoms of a large group of illnesses that affect the brain. There are many kinds of dementia – the second most common, after Alzheimer’s disease, is Vascular dementia. And approximately 10% of people with dementia have both Alzheimer’s and...
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Reminiscence means sharing one’s life experiences, memories and individual stories. Memory recall of this nature reignites a sense of identity, once lost during time with a newly adopted culture.
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