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.
Nursing homes and retirement village providers are increasingly seeing the importance of using sounds, sight and sensory cues to stimulate the minds of people with Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia, providing an atmosphere that is more familiar to them. By using basic design principles, the once unfamiliar style nursing home in the eyes of...
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In a world-first trial, people living with moderate dementia will be given cannabis to see if the drug is effective in treating a range of symptoms and improving quality of life. The groundbreaking trial will be held over 14 months, and will follow 50 aged care residents who are living with moderate dementia. The cannabis...
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‘People living with dementia are not mad, but have a condition that affects cognition, not who they are or the place they hold within the world, so please treat them with dignity, do not make fun of them, and do not be ashamed.’ (Boden.1998) I am going to try and break the taboo. Why be...
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