Therapy for Dementia

Question 1

Direct therapy strategies

Answer 1

Reminiscence therapy
Errorless learning
Spaced retrieval training
Memory prostheses
Montessori approach

Question 2

Reminiscence therapy

Answer 2

Conversation about past events, experiences, and activities to increase orientation and recall of long-term and episodic memory

Question 3

Errorless learning

Answer 3

Difficulty level of a task is set within the ability of the patient to maximize patient success and minimize patient failure

Question 4

Spaced retrieval training

Answer 4

Presentation of new or previously known information that must be recalled over increasingly greater intervals of time

Question 5

Memory prostheses

Answer 5

External memory aids such as memory books/wallets, calendars, smart phones, etc

Question 6

Montessori approach

Answer 6

Breaking down complex tasks into individual parts into hierarchy of difficulty and from concrete to abstract

Question 7

Indirect therapy strategies

Answer 7

Life history videos and environmental manipulations

Question 8

Life history videos

Answer 8

Custom-made videos that provide audiovisual presentation of personal facts and past events to increase orientation and decrease confusion

Question 9

Environmental manipulations

Answer 9

Keep individual with dementia safe, calm, and minimize disorientation