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.
By Amy Henderson – Journalist For many dementia is an ugly word. It is the thing that has taken their freedom from them, for spouses it is the thing that has changed the person they have loved for decades. It is a thing they fear, it is a thing they hate. To enter into this...
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“Thinking that people diagnosed with dementia have something called “memory loss” is harmful for a number of reasons”. That was the key message in Professor Steven Sabat’s talk at the Alzheimer’s Australia free lectures this week. Prof Sabat is Professor Emeritus of Psychology from Georgetown University in the US, and for the past 35 years...
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The body of an elderly man who was reported missing on Friday was found in a nearby park on Sunday morning. The family of Luigi Di Sante said he had dementia, and was living at home with his wife, who was unwell. When a nurse went to check on his wife on Friday, she raised...
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