Better country dementia care
E-Mail Rising levels of dementia is putting pressure on residential aged care facilities, including in rural and regional centres where nursing homes and staff are already under pressure. Now a pilot program of personalised interventions, including residents favourite songs, has been shown to make a big difference to dementia behaviours, drug use and carers wellbeing. Harmony in the Bush, a study led by Flinders University in five nursing homes in Queensland and South Australia, developed ...
Flinders University South Australia Jennene Greenhill Vivian Isaac Mohammad Hamiduzzaman Abraham Kuot
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