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.
Equipped with one staff member for every three residents, Kambera House was designed to empower the lives of people living with early onset dementia by bridging the gap between aged care and disability services.
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There are more than 200 different kinds of dementia, and medical research is yet to find a cure or a way to reverse the condition. Dementia is an umbrella term for large group of illnesses that affect the brain and cause a progressive decline in a person’s functioning. In Australia alone, around 244 people each...
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People living even with advanced dementia can have periods of remarkable clarity, often to the astonishment of carers and loved ones. But researchers have found that rather than being an encouraging sign, a return of clarity – a phenomenon that has been reported for thousands of years – can be a sign that death...
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