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.
This is the second appendix to Leah Bisiani’s upcoming article “Understanding the Unequivocal Rights of People Living with Dementia: Express Yourself with Behavioural Expression”. Togetherness and altruism Dementia may challenge us as care partners because of the fundamental complexity of the condition, however it is time we regain our focus, first and foremost, and look towards...
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Dementia Australia has launched a new course on palliative care for health, aged and disability care workers to mark National Palliative Care Week. The course has been added to the award-winning Ask Annie app, which provides on-the-go dementia training designed for care workers.
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Dementia has overtaken heart disease as Australia’s leading cause of death – but most of us don’t understand why. Here’s what really makes the condition fatal.
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