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.
Teepa Snow has been an occupational therapist for years, but never thought she’d become a social media star overnight with her popular TikTok videos sharing helpful tips for caregivers of people living with dementia.
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Dementia is the blanket term given to a number of symptoms caused by disorders in the brain; there are many different types of Dementia. Alzheimer’s is the most common type of dementia overall, but Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) is the most common form of dementia for people under the age of 60. FTD is also hereditary,...
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An 86-year-old resident of a Melbourne nursing home has been issued with electricity bills to the value of more than $4,000, after it appears she was cold called by the utility company and signed up for an account. When Joan Ford, who lives at View Hills Manor nursing home in Melbourne’s Endeavour Hills, received an...
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