Mary is 97 years old, she has lived in St. Mary’s Hospital for the last fifteen years and she suffers from late stage dementia. Dementia has stolen her ability to communicate verbally and she barely spoken to anyone for the last ten years. As Dementia slowly affects her physically, mealtimes become a difficult and lonely place, filled with small but insurmountable problems … [Read more...] about Combating malnutrition among the older population
Nursing homes
Irish nursing home in successful new approach to dementia care
Moorehall Lodge in Ardee, Co Louth, is the first nursing home in Ireland to adapt a new and successful approach to dementia care that could have profound implications for future elder care in Ireland. Moorehall Lodge is typical of a new kind of care facility, one in which the goal of care is to create an environment that more closely resembles a home, not a hospital. The … [Read more...] about Irish nursing home in successful new approach to dementia care