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Treating Behavioral Symptoms of Dementia Without Drugs Caregiving Resource | March 07, 2018 Print this Article The evidence for potential solutions like aromatherapy and pet therapy.
Those interventions include reminiscence therapy, music and art therapy, aromatherapy and pet therapy.
New Recommendations for Dementia CareThe use of person-centered, non-drug treatments for people with dementia is one of 56 new dementia care practice recommendations issued in late January by the Alzheimer’s Association.
She said the behavioral and psychological symptoms that often accompany dementia aren’t just a product of the dementia-affected brain.
Evidence for Non-Drug TherapiesZimmerman and her colleagues examined 197 articles describing scientific evidence on non-drug practices to treat behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia.