Considering olfactory stimulation for adults with age-related dementia

Behavioral interventions and activities for adults with age-related dementi as sometimes use olfactory stimulation; however, limitations to the usefuln ess of such stimulation are suggested by both neurological studies which sh ow a large amount of degeneration in the cells of the olfactory bulb and st udies of perception which indicate that adults with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias perform poorly on tears of smell identification and dete ction. Current approaches to using ol-factory stimulation as a component of interventions for adults with age-related dementia may need to be either a bandoned or reassessed.