Mindfulness and Therapeutic Presence Integrated into 24 Hour Sensory Care for Elders with Dementia

While traditional psychotherapy is not an appropriate model of care for increasing well-being in Elders with dementia, the interpersonal focus of psychotherapy research, however, may be. Examining the process interactions between care workers and Elders with dementia from a paradigm of psychotherapy research provides us a different way to conceptualize and intervene. Adopting Langerian mindfulness and therapeutic presence techniques based on psychotherapy research for use in a spectrum of sensory care for Elders with dementia is proposed.