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.
A nursing home has built a replica of a 1950s main street within its grounds to provide residents with an opportunity to rekindle memories and take part in activities and sensations that they experienced in their younger years. The ‘main street’ is part of various sensory experiences that staff at Robert Harvey House, in Birmingham...
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Why are people with dementia excluded from paid roles in “dementia-friendly” programs and organisations? How can 80% of LGBTIQA+ organisations employ their community members, but people with dementia are primarily being excluded?
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When it comes to cognitive impairing diseases like Alzheimer’s, quite often the warning signs present themselves to the ones around us long before the person displaying the symptoms comes to the realisation that there might be an issue. After 42 years of marriage, it’s safe to say that on some level you may actually know...
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