Aromatherapy for Sundowning – VIDEO

More than 400,000 people across Australia have a dementia diagnosis. With that number increasing every year, there is a very likely chance that you may know someone, or will develop dementia yourself. Dementia doesn’t just alter the life of the person with the diagnosis, it also impacts their partners, children, friends and colleagues. When one... Read More

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... Read More

Bullying is usually associated with the school yard – but the problem is also often present among seniors, in particular in nursing homes where elderly people are living together. All around the world, there is a growing awareness of the destructive power of bullying behaviour, especially in the age of internet bullying which can be hard for young people... Read More