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E-book Interior Design as a Tool for Dementia Care
In normal ageing, bodies and brains slow down, though intelligence remains stable. Aging leads people to take more time to process information and learn new knowledge, and people appear to be physically and mentally less flexible. Memory changes occur as well, and elderly and older have greater difficulty remembering names and places, and complex notions. Compared to normal ageing, the first problem many people with Alzheimer’s disease notice is a progressive and severe forgetfulness that more and more affects their work, daily activities, or social life. Other common symptoms include mood changes, difficulty in perform multi-tasking activities, misplacing things, asking repetitively, confusion, trouble with expressing complex notions, and becoming suddenly disoriented or lost in familiar places (Fig. 2). Other alternative Non-Pharmacological therapies are the complementary therapies in the field of mental health such as massage, reflexology, reiki, therapeutic healing, herbal medicine and aromatherapy has been employed recently in the use of dementia declared by The Mental Health FoundationAromatherapy is one of the latest non-pharmacological therapies born.
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