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Dementia cases in Shoalhaven and Illawarra are expected to surge by 55% in 30 years. Learn about a new retreat offering essential support.
To commemorate World Alzheimer's Day, News-Medical speaks to Dr. Meredith Gresham, coordinator of COGNISANCE: Co-Designing Dementia Diagnosis And Post Diagnostic Care, about the project and post-dementia diagnosis care for patients and their families.
Specialist Dementia Care for Severe Behaviours A research collaboration between the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA), UNSW Sydney and The Dementia Centre, HammondCare, has retrospectively reviewed the effectiveness of Special Dementia Care Programmes, for people with very severe behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia. Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) – which include hallucinations, anxiety, agitation, aggression, apathy and depression – occur in up to 90% of people living with dementia. These symptoms occur with greater frequency as the disease ...