Holistic Caregiving Series Part 2: The Sensitive Room- Alzheimers treatment without medications

Join me for a program dedicated to the Sensitive Room, a new center in South Florida offering a novel approach to treating alzheimers disease that provides stimulating opportunities that enhance participants’ awareness of their environment through the senses of sight and hearing. www.sensitiveroom.com This interview will examine the use of the Snoezelen method for treating dementia. The concept of Snoezelen was defined in the late 1970’s by two Dutch therapists, Jan Hulsegge and Ad Verheul. While working at the De Hartenberg Institute in Holland, a center for people with cognitive disabilities, the two therapists learned of the positive responses a colleague was able to elicit from his severely challenged clients when they were exposed to a sensory environment he had assembled. The Sensitive Room environment stimulates the primary senses of sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell, through the use of lighting effects, tactile surfaces, meditative music and the odor of relaxing essential oils. Time spent in a sensory room has been shown to increase concentration, alertness, calmness, and general awareness of the surrounding world. With over 20 years of experience in Europe,this interview will focus listeners on the benefits of the first Sensitive Room private center in Florida.