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.
An innovative new program aims to assist the estimated 60,000 Australians diagnosed with dementia each year to understand the next steps and change outdated perceptions of living with dementia.
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Women who take hormone therapies to treat the symptoms of menopause are up to 58% less likely to develop neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and dementia, new research has found.
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A government committee has heard that Australia’s regulation of the use of physical and chemical constraints is in breach of human rights conventions. Former aged care minister Ken Wyatt approved the new regulations to limit the use of chemical and physical restraint in April 2019, and they became effective in July. But a special...
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