END-OF-LIFE RESEARCH

Roots & Roads is currently supporting a grant that emphasizes non-pharmacological interventions for agitated patients with dementia. Interventions include weighted blankets which provide comfort, shower ponchos which provide modesty, toys and games which provide a sense of meaning and contribution, and many others. Results of this pilot study were published in the Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing and concluded that, “For patients with dementia presenting with behavioral and psychological symptoms, selected nonpharmacological interventions provide significant mitigation of agitation.”