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.
A controversial therapy option is gaining increasing popularity among nursing homes and even home care. For elderly patients who have cognitive disorders such as dementia and Alzheimer’s, caregivers and medical professionals have found some potential benefits in a therapy technique known as Doll Therapy. Although some controversy lies in this therapy method, government studies are showing growing...
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Later this year, Victorian parliament will have a vote on whether to legalise assisted suicide for those with terminal illnesses. One of the more vexing issues with such voluntary euthanasia laws is the question on who qualifies, and how this is determined. When most people think of assisted suicide, the most common condition that most think...
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Visual issues may be an early indicator of cognitive decline as the toxic amyloid plaques associated with Alzheimer’s disease may first affect areas of the brain associated with vision, with parts of the brain associated with memory becoming damaged as the disease progresses.
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