This year, International Nurses Day coincided with Mother’s Day. Nicky Hondros, a palliative care nurse shared her and her mum’s heartfelt story and provided a little glimpse into what it’s like caring for someone living with dementia.
Would you want to know if you were going to develop dementia? A new five-minute test is said to be able to detect Alzheimer’s disease up to 15 years before symptoms appear.
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With a large percentage of the population reaching a more advanced age, research on the topic of Alzheimer’s disease is increasing in its urgency. Alzheimer’s, which causes short term memory loss, language problems, disorientation, and other symptoms, currently cannot c cured and ultimately results in death. In the past few decades, medical experts have identified a...
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Dementia and its risk factors don’t affect all communities equally. Educational, racial/ethnic, and geographical disparities can influence who develops dementia, including within Australia.
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