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 more 330,000 people in Australia with dementia, there are about 1.2 million people in Australia involved in the care of someone with dementia. As you can see dementia doesn’t only affect those who are diagnosed with the condition, it affects people on the peripheral – individuals and families caring for them. The University College...
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Those who are caring for people living with dementia must try to see the world through their eyes, says Leah Bisiani, managing director of Uplifting Dementia, who spoke at the 2018 National Dementia Conference on Tuesday. Dementia may well challenge us because of the fundamental complexity of the condition, thus within the complicated domain of...
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