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.
People living with dementia have made up a high proportion of COVID-19 deaths internationally, reflecting the high death rates in residential care facilities, where large number of residents have dementia, the report states.
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Renewed discussion has been sparked about non-medicated support of people experiencing some of the negative behaviours associated with dementia, with September being Dementia Awareness Month around Australia. The journal of the American Medical Association noted that non-medicated treatment of behavioural issues associated with dement ia is proving to be more effective than medicated treatment, and...
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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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