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.
On International Nurses Day I commend the contribution made by all nurses involved in the care of people living with dementia in residential, home and community care, in hospitals and through clinics and health centres.
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Author Wendy Mitchell was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2014. She calls into question the defeatist language that can ‘make or break’ patients of dementia and encourages doctors to refrain from saying ‘there’s nothing they can do’.
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Most of us know that exercise is good for us. Magazines, newspapers and TV programs constantly remind us that regular exercise can protect against obesity and any number of chronic diseases including hypertension, heart disease and type 2 diabetes. But did you know that it may also help protect the brain from dementia as we...
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