Alzheimer’s Sensory Products
Living with Alzheimer’s can be confusing and distressing, as the disease makes it more difficult for patients to interpret the world around them and lead independent lives. By integrating the bedroom or living spaces of your loved one or nursing home residents with sensory items for Alzheimer’s, you can lessen the stress caused by the condition and strengthen their cognitive abilities through Alzheimer’s equipment designed to stimulate their senses.
What Are Alzheimer’s Sensory Products?
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that is the leading cause of dementia in adults over 65 years old. The disease promotes the production of abnormal proteins between and inside brain cells, known as amyloid plaques and tau tangles, which disrupt cellular communication and cause the brain to shrink. This affects multiple brain functions, including memory, balance, emotional regulation, mobility and speech.
While there is currently no cure for the disease, there are many products that can improve the quality of life for Alzheimer’s patients, providing them with pleasant distractions from environmental triggers and sensory activities to preserve their neural pathways. Collaborating with occupational therapists, Experia USA has developed an extensive catalog of sensory items for Alzheimer’s patients, designed to stimulate their senses in a controlled environment to enhance their mood, cognition, and overall well-being.
Benefits of Sensory Products for Alzheimer’s Patients
Studies into the sensory stimulation of Alzheimer’s patients have revealed that multisensory equipment can improve the memory and cognition of affected individuals, while offering many therapeutic benefits to patients who have been physically impaired by the disease. Sound and music therapy has been shown to evoke strong emotions in listeners, sometimes retrieving memories from early life and giving patients a glimmer of their former selves. Aromatherapy has similarly supported reminiscence in Alzheimer’s patients, as stimulating the sense of smell bypasses typical sensory processes to trigger the limbic system, responsible for our memories and emotions.
Exposing Alzheimer’s patients to gentle sensory lights is an effective method to calm overwhelmed individuals, reducing their anxiety while influencing their circadian rhythm to support healthier sleeping habits. Installing fiber optics around your multisensory space allows you to achieve a cocooning effect, while the combined visual and auditory stimulation of bubble tubes makes them the ultimate tool for soothing and strengthening the cognition of Alzheimer’s patients.
We understand that Alzheimer’s disease can impact patients in different ways and that you may be struggling to decide which products would benefit the Alzheimer’s patients in your home or assisted living facility. By arranging your own free room design with our expert sensory advisors, you can eliminate the guesswork from your installation and achieve a sensory room that improves the memory, concentration and mood of those in your care. For more information about our complimentary design service, or to discuss sensory activities that would fulfil the particular needs of your Alzheimer’s patients, please get in touch with us today by calling 1-800-882-4045 or sending us an email.
