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.
Last month, we published a sensitive question that one of our readers had put to us. HelloCare reader Bruce was concerned that at his wife’s nursing home, the constant vocalisation of one resident was disturbing and upsetting other residents. Bruce posed a challenging question that “will no doubt get me some abuse”, he wrote. His...
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Stress is an unavoidable part of everyone’s life. It can come in smaller forms – like a school exam or a deadline at work – and also larger more lasting ways – like a personal tragedy. A new American research suggests that these larger stressful life events, such as the death of a child, divorce...
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A new research study from the University of Sheffield suggests that our blood type may have more of an influence on protecting our brain from disease than previously thought. A promising development that may have the potential to unveil another piece of the puzzle supporting Alzheimer’s research. The University of Sheffield journal Brain Research Bulletin,...
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