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.
An aged care nurse in New South Wales is at the centre of controversy with calls to revoke her registration after she allegedly traumatised a resident with dementia by bashing a therapy doll’s head against the table.
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“Dementia” is an impairment in a person’s ability to “mentate” (thus, de-mentia) “Mentation” can involve memory, planning, and placing actions in the right sequence. So when a person has dementia symptoms, it means that they are unable to do this, in one way or another. Dementia is personal for Dr Sam Gandy – both...
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With more 330,000 people in Australia with dementia, there are about 1.2 million people in Australia involved in the care of someone with dementia. As you can see dementia doesn’t only affect those who are diagnosed with the condition, it affects people on the peripheral – individuals and families caring for them. The University College...
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