A reason to walk

I’m sharing a DPSNews.com.au article from yesterday highlighting research about the value of walking as an antidote to falls. This of course, is yet another reason NOT to call it wandering, nor ‘manage’ walking as a challenging behaviour. “Aged care workers are being told to encourage residents to go for a walk instead of resting after eating to potentially…

Research into dementia

In DPSNews.com.au an article Alzheimer’s Research: lost cause, written on 17 October 2012 leads with; “Some of Australia’s leading experts on Alzheimer’s disease say an alarming number of drug companies are abandoning research into treatments for dementia. The ABC reports despite huge advances in neuro-imaging and diagnostic techniques, there has been little progress when it…