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 new self-assessment tool to help operators reduce the use of psychotropic medications in aged care facilities has been well received by the industry, and there are hopes more similar tools will be rolled out in the future. Chemical restraint is a hot-button topic in aged care at the moment, following shocking revelations both in the...
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Research suggests that there is much benefit to be gained by continuing to stimulate our senses through the dementia disease process, as it has been shown to help reduce common symptoms of the disease such as agitation, aggression, wandering and provide comfort and improve emotional wellbeing. Our senses are wonderful things which help us to understand...
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One of the most common misconceptions about dementia is that it simply causes memory loss. However this could not be further from the truth. There are over 100 different types of dementia, and along with it a wide varying range of symptoms that are as unique as the people that they affect. Some of the...
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