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.
Dementia’s influence on people living with Down Syndrome is something we rarely talk about, but a candid conversation with Down Syndrome Australia’s Amelia Sloan and Dr Rebecca Kelly shed light on the ways to fix that.
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A Sydney aged-care worker who was caught on camera assaulting a vulnerable resident with dementia – pleaded guilty to one count of common assault against female resident of the North Epping home in court today. It was a concerned male co-worker that initiated installing a Go-Pro camera in the victim’s room, after he reportedly was...
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Dementia cafes are becoming more popular in Australia and overseas, with a new coffee shop in Japan catering to older people with dementia - creating a welcoming community for customers and their caretakers to come and be themselves, regardless of what symptoms of dementia they may experience.
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