In the last years, scientific interest has grown regarding the rehabilitation potential of persons with Alzheimer (PWA), and the possibility to manage the different aspects of this disease with non-pharmacological therapies. This last term is often used because the range of approaches and techniques proposed in this domain is very broad, going from therapies focused on cognitive functions to alternative medicine and physical treatments. Another term to define these approaches is ? psychosocial therapies ?, but, as this definition seems to exclude the possibility to change brain functioning or structure by using these therapies, other Authors have modified the term to ? biopsychosocial ? or ? psychobiosocial ? (Moniz-Cook et al. 2011, Farina 2012). The wide range of proposed non-pharmacological therapies for dementia can be classified by taking into account the three fundamental domains of this syndrome: cognitive, behavioral and functional.
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