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.
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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Sharing the news of a dementia diagnosis might seem daunting. It can be hard to know how to broach such significant news, and you might be concerned about how people will react. While there are good reasons to let people know that you, or someone in your care, has been diagnosed with the condition, the...
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If you couldn’t see your food on the plate, then it would be no wonder that you wouldn’t eat it. Researchers believe that the visual-cognitive deficiencies caused by Alzheimer’s are due to people with the diagnosis not being able to process visual data—such as depth perception and contrast. There have been a number of studies...
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