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.
There are more than 200 different kinds of dementia, and medical research is yet to find a cure or a way to reverse the condition. Dementia is an umbrella term for large group of illnesses that affect the brain and cause a progressive decline in a person’s functioning. In Australia alone, around 244 people each...
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The COVID pandemic has had a huge impact on people living with dementia and their family carers around the world, with a study finding people living with dementia experienced worse symptoms after the pandemic began, while carers reported their loved ones were more disoriented, restless and withdrawn. Carers also reported poorer mental health themselves as a result of the pandemic.
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The federal government’s response to the Royal Commission’s findings is a rare opportunity to make a once-in-a-lifetime difference to the experience of people impacted by dementia, says Dementia Australia CEO Maree McCabe.
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