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.
(Please ensure you have read the published Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 of this article, and have located the relevant appendices.) Interventions/strategies for catastrophic and high-risk stress related responses: Immediate management if a person or others are in danger or at risk! o Remove distractions and secure all exits. o...
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Great strides are being made by scientists every day so that caregivers around the world can learn how to make life better for individuals diagnosed with dementia. Google, partnering with Alzheimer’s Research UK, has taken this dedication one step further by creating a new virtual reality experience called “A Walk Through Dementia”. This innovative and...
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Nicola Stevens wears many hats. Collingwood’s first AFLW draft selection and best-and-fairest winner, and then inaugural All-Australian team member. Now at Carlton Football Club, there’s one hat she holds a little tighter than the rest, which is her ambassadorship for Dementia Australia, one she holds with poignant devotion to her own family. Her mother Ann is in her 11th year of younger onset dementia after she was diagnosed at 52.
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