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.
As more research is done into dementia, the more we learn about how it affects the millions people all around the world. Over the years, the terms, and our understanding of the different stages of dementia, have also evolved. While people may be aware of dementia and its stages, there are also some stages, called...
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Dementia is one of the greatest health threats to our senior generation, though it hasn’t become relegated to just being older. While 342,000 Australians now live with dementia, the numbers show 5% of this population deal with it under the age of 65. Despite all of us knowing how diffuse dementia has become, we don’t always...
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The Crisis Prevention Institute’s (CPI) newly updated Dementia Capable Care program provides carers with the skills and knowledge to offer an ‘enriched model of care’.
The course blends the Claudia Allen Cognitive Disabilities Model, Kitwood’s model of person-centred care, and verbal de-escalation techniques into a fresh and efficient approach to dementia care. This enables carers to more effectively support the person, maximise their quality of life, and minimise psychological and behavioural symptoms.
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