Case Report: Aquatic Therapy and End-Stage Dementia

A 54-year old female, retired due to progressive cognitive decline, was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's dementia. Conventional medication therapy for dementia had proven futile. Initial evaluation revealed a non-verbal female seated in a wheelchair, dependent on 2-person assist for all transfers and activities of daily living (ADLs.) She had been either non-responsive or actively resistive for both ADLs and transfers in the 6 months prior to assessment. Following a total of 17 one hour therapy sessions over 19 weeks in a warm water therapy pool, she achieved ability to tread water for 15 minutes, transfers improved to moderate to-maximum assist from seated, ambulation improved to 1000' with minimum-to-moderate assist of 2 persons.

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