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.
Cheryle St. Onge has been awarded The Bob & Diane Fund grant for her “poetic and touching” photographs of her mother who lived with dementia. The works show us there can be “beauty, humour and love” even when times are “dark and painful”.
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In a bid to improve dementia care within the aged care sector, a new textbook for aged care workers outlines the different non-pharmacological interventions that are the best practice response to manage dementia symptoms rather than medication and restraint for people with dementia.
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As we write from New South Wales’ Northern Rivers region, other parts of eastern Australia are facing conditions that recall uncomfortable memories from the 2017 floods and those in March this year. Many people are fatigued and still coming to terms with those devastating natural disasters.
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