Non-Pharmacological Approaches in the Treatment of Dementia

  • D'Onofrio G
  • Sancarlo D
  • Seripa D
  • et al.
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Abstract

Currently, a pharmacological disease-modifying treatment for dementia is not available, but different non-pharmacological approaches appear to be useful. In this chapter, we describe traditional treatments such as cognitive and emotion-oriented interventions, sensory and multi-sensory stimulation interventions and also potentially alternative interesting options such as behavioural therapy, animal-assisted therapy, home-adaptation therapy and assistive technologies to support patient with dementia. Many non-pharmacological treatments have reported benefits in multiple research studies, but there is a need for further Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with an adequate sample size to improve the strength of evidence in order to apply these approaches.

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D’Onofrio, G., Sancarlo, D., Seripa, D., Ricciardi, F., Giuliani, F., Panza, F., & Greco, A. (2016). Non-Pharmacological Approaches in the Treatment of Dementia. In Update on Dementia. InTech. https://doi.org/10.5772/64232

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