title: Functional analytic multisensory environmental therapy for people with dementia.
abstract: This paper introduces Functional Analytic Multisensory Environmental Therapy (FAMSET) for use with elders with dementia while using a multisensory environment/snoezelen room. The model introduces behavioral theory and practice to the multisensory environment treatment, addressing assessment, and, within session techniques, integrating behavioral interventions with emotion-oriented care. A modular approach is emphasized to delineate different treatment phases for multisensory environment therapy. The aim of the treatment is to provide a safe and effective framework for reducing the behavioral disturbance of the disease process, increasing elder well-being, and to promote transfer of positive effects to other environments outside of the multisensory treatment room.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biological Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, First Avenue at 16th Street, 6th Floor, Silver Building, Room 34, 6 Karpas Pavilion, NY 10003, USA.
authors.forename: Jason A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Staal