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 Australia have released the results of a survey which found that people living with dementia are facing discrimination and exclusion within their communities. It’s a sad finding and one that we should all make a conscious effort to amend, especially during this year’s Dementia Action Week, which has the theme ‘A little support makes a lot of difference’.
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The experience of human touch becomes no less pleasurable or therapeutic as we age, and yet often the only touch that older people receive is related to tasks around their care. But touch can be so much more. It is a way to let someone know we value them, even when they are old or...
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A call to action has been made for more mental health beds to be available for people with behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia. Recently, a Western Australian man living with dementia had murder charges against him dropped after he was accused of fatally stabbing his wife. The 88 year old man, who is waiting...
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