Sensory Therapy Research Paper

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Sensory Therapy for people living with Dementia
The purpose of this report is to look at sensory therapy and rooms and the impact they have on people living with dementia and to look at the different types of sensory equipment that can be used in an elderly care setting for people suffering from dementia. The reason behind this report is that as a company we would like to introduce sensory therapy for our clients. Confidentiality will be maintained throughout this report and no person name or placement with be mentioned.
In many nursing homes for the elderly, there are multisensory rooms where patients listen to soft music and watch bright colors. These special areas have therapeutic value for those afflicted with Alzheimer's or dementia.
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Light for visual stimulation
A most basic form of visual stimulation for people with Alzheimer's and dementia is bright light therapy. This is totally passive, but can be effective for sleep and mood enhancement, especially in winter. Not everyone has access to a light as bright as is needed for this, so give your patient as much opportunity as possible to be in direct sunlight.
Other sources of light, especially if they move or change colour, provide a different type of visual stimulation. Avoid overly bright lights and lights that move or flash to quickly, as these can cause confusion and over-stimulation. The Lava Lamp® and our Oggz are good sources of soothing light stimulation that is not overly stimulating.
Don't forget natural light. Bright objects that hang in the window, or even outside, and reflect the rays of the sun; stained glass trinkets that colour the sunlight and allow it to shine through; mirrors that reflect incoming light and brighten the room; these all add stimulating possibilities to the
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Active Tactile Stimulation
The list of things we can use to provide tactile stimulation for people with Alzheimer's is almost endless. Any "thing," any object in our world can be touched, within limits. On a walk in the woods we find the bark is different on each tree. Some, like the shagbark hickory is very rough, others much smoother, especially the bark of younger plants. All have a definite and noticeable texture.
Texture is not the only property that provides tactile stimulation. Temperature is also differentiated using the sense of touch. Wet or dry is a tactile dichotomy. Sticky is a tactile discrimination.

Attached in appendix 1 is a list of products available that would benefit clients in our care and items that would successfully enhance the life of dementia suffers, the list will consider products that would help us achieve a successful sensory room.

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