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The Final Stage of Dementia

Dementia Aware: what you need to know about caring for someone in the final stage of dementia   Research indicates, that following diagnosis, the average life expectancy of a person living with dementia is approximately five to ten years depending on the type and severity of the dementia. Over time,

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The 3 E’s of Dementia

Dementia Aware: what you need to know about engaging, enabling and empowering people with dementia   The word dementia conjures up so many different thoughts: a loss of memory, a loss of independence, a loss of function; but instead of focusing on the debilitating and despairing features of dementia, what

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During times of stress, people often reach for alcohol. A substance long-relied upon for social relief, celebratory occasions, and for pleasure, it is also used as an escape mechanism, or to cope with difficult times, tiring days, or distressing situations. The latter scenarios are played out in all pockets of

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