What is it Like to Live with Hearing Loss?

Kate Swaffer explains what people with dementia want from residential care, based on her own experience living with younger onset dementia, as a past care partner advocating for and supporting three people with dementia in residential care, and from feedback she’s gathered during focus groups and interviews with people with dementia around Australia. It is... Read More

We’re going to shed some light on the possible causes of dental problems in people with dementia and also to provide some tips and advice for maintaining dental health. People with dementia are often unable to verbally express their discomfort or pain, hence we need to focus on prevention. People who have dementia have a... Read More

This is Part 2 of Leah Bisiani’s Understanding Dementia series – Read Part 1 here   The most common forms of dementia are: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia. Alzheimer’s causes difficulties with memory, thinking and behaviour. The rate at which Alzheimer’s progresses differs for everyone, however it is progressive. Vascular... Read More