Category: Dementia sleep disorder

June 23, 2008

The Missing Ingredient for Good Health

Although this report that I’m reviewing here is about nutrition, and for that reason may seem to be inappropriate here,  it has much to offer as far as solving the …

June 3, 2008

Dementia Sleep Disorder Benefited by Aromatherapy

Filed under: Dementia sleep disorder, Sleeping Disorders - 03 Jun 2008

A number of studies have been done using aromatherapy essential oils to relieve the anxiety and agitation of dementia patients. The researchers used 2 essential oils, lavender and melissa, and both were found to be effective in calming the patients.

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May 14, 2008

Dementia Sleep Disorder Treated with Melatonin

Behavioral and Brain Functions 2006, 2:15doi:10.1186/1744-9081-2-15
© 2006 Srinivasan et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

Increased oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction have been identified as common pathophysiological phenomena associated with neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Parkinson’s disease (PD) and Huntington’s …

February 13, 2008

Dementia Sleep Disorder Treated with Bright Light Therapy

Carers of elderly people with dementia are all too familiar with the disrupted sleep patterns of dementia patients. As people age sleep patterns may change, either because of retirement, illness, drugs taken to treat the illness, and death of …