Some of the dementia centres across the country follow non-pharmacological interventions such as cognitive stimulation therapy for people with dementia (ARDSI, 2010). DEMCARES by SCARF Chennai runs The Centre for Active Ageing (CAA) which provides psychosocial non-pharmacological interventions (DEMCARES, 2019).

Cognitive stimulation therapy, reality orientation, and reminiscence therapy are some of the commonly used non-pharmacological interventions used to reduce the behavioural, cognitive, and emotional symptoms of dementia which have proven to be effective (Tripathi and Tiwari 2009; Shaji et al., 2018).

References:

Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India. (2010). THE DEMENTIA INDIA REPORT 2010: Prevalence, impact, cost and services for dementia. New Delhi. Available from: https://ardsi.org/pdf/annual%20report.pdf

DEMCARES. (2019). Centre for Active Aging. Available from: https://dementia.scarfindia.org/centre-for-active-aging/

Shaji, K.S., Sivakumar, P.T., Rao, G.P., Paul, N., (2018). Clinical Practice Guidelines for Management of Dementia. Indian J. Psychiatry 60, S312–S328. https://doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.224472

Tripathi, R.K., Tiwari, S.C., (2009). Psychotherapeutic Approaches in the Management of Elderlies with Dementia: An Overview, DELHI PSYCHIATRY JOURNAL.