In this article we present a tool for professionals who work in care services (24-hour services) with people type of dependency and/or developmental disability, such as dementia Alzheimer‘s, intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorders etc. Sensory interventions these are primarily focused on offering them better quality life and increased emotional well-being. Sensations the basis well...

From the model of quality life and person-centered care (Kitwood, 1997), we present a case study with aim evaluating benefit Snoezelen multisensory stimulation (SMS) in an 88-year-old subject unspecified dementia, GDS6, recurrent depressive disorder. For this purpose, pretest-posttest design was chosen, intervention consisting one weekly Snoezelen session for five weeks. To assess the...

OBJECTIVES This systematic review seeks to establish the extent of scientific evidence for the effectiveness of 13 psychosocial methods for reducing depressed, aggressive or apathetic behaviors in people with dementia. METHODS The guidelines of the Cochrane Collaboration were followed. Using a predefined protocol, ten electronic databases were searched, studies selected, relevant data extract...

Salivary chromogranin A (sCgA) is gaining attention as a biomarker of psychological stress. The objective of this work was to determine whether individualized music intervention and multisensory stimulation environment (MSSE) in a Snoezelen room produce changes in sCgA in severely demented older patients, and to assess the possible existence of differences in sCgA levels between the two types o...

The first nursing homes were built in Constantinople during the time of the Byzantium empire to provide a home for infirm elderly persons.1 Since these early nursing homes, there have been dramatic changes in the design of nursing homes. In the United States, the original nursing homes were modeled after hospitals, as is still the case for most skilled nursing facilities. These designs focus on...