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.
When a person has dementia, they may experience significant behaviour changes as a part of their condition. This can be attributed to a number of causes, it could be symptoms of their dementia or other changes in their condition, it could be because of changes to their medication, for some it may be because of...
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Australia has a growing ageing population – and with it a growing number of people with dementia. Dementia currently affects more than 420,000 Australians, a number that is predicted to increase to more than a million without any medical intervention by 2056. Dementia is the single greatest cause of disability in older Australians and the...
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The COVID pandemic has had a huge impact on people living with dementia and their family carers around the world, with a study finding people living with dementia experienced worse symptoms after the pandemic began, while carers reported their loved ones were more disoriented, restless and withdrawn. Carers also reported poorer mental health themselves as a result of the pandemic.
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