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The use of a Taser to subdue a 95-year-old dementia patient at an aged care home in Cooma, New South Wales, last week is yet another sickening example of what can go wrong when police rely too heavily on force to resolve challenging situations.

Bruce Willis' wife Emma has opened up about how 'tricky' it is when people are 'nervous' to visit her husband after his dementia diagnosis and how it's 'easy to get into the doom and gloom'

The ‘Die Hard’ actor’s family announced he had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia earlier this year

The fallout from the distressing incident at a NSW aged-care home, after a 95-year-old dementia patient was tasered, has taken an ugly turn.

Claire Nowland continues to receive end-of-life care at Cooma district hospital, as calls for a broader independent investigation grow

Calls for reform grow with daughter of patient saying families should be notified when police are deployed to aged care homes

'The doctor then said you aren't coping and can't be on red alert 24 hours a day - he either needs carers or a care home'

The mum of four will always recall the chilling incident that was the penultimate event that lead to her husband spending the last years of his life in a care home.

Dementia can spark confusion and distress both in those affected and their loved ones, writes Kate Ng, but new forms of tech could provide a valuable lifeline