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.
For decades, dementia was something many families kept private. Today, more Australians are willing to talk about it, but that does not always mean they know how to interact with someone living with dementia. Three families share their experiences on World Alzheimer's Day.
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A government committee has heard that Australia’s regulation of the use of physical and chemical constraints is in breach of human rights conventions. Former aged care minister Ken Wyatt approved the new regulations to limit the use of chemical and physical restraint in April 2019, and they became effective in July. But a special...
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While commonly associated with the senior aged demographic, Alzheimer’s Disease in younger people is most commonly attributed to faulty genes that are inherited at birth. However, new developments have proven that this is not always the case.
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