Can sensory therapy calm Dementia-Related agitation in hospitals?

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Age older than 65 years. * Diagnosis of dementia and/or delirium. * Availability of a caregiver who also assists the participant at home and is willing to participate in the caregiver education program. * Presence of behavioral disturbances, defined as a Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) total score of 24 or higher, or a score of 12 in at least one NPI symptom domain. * No clinical condition at hospital admission that would prevent delivery of the non-pharmacological intervention, including isolation for SARS-CoV-2 infection or another condition requiring isolation, deep sedation, coma, or severe respiratory failure. * Written informed consent provided by the participant, when capable of providing consent, or by the participant's legal guardian or legally authorized representative. * Written informed consent provided by the caregiver. Exclusion Criteria: * Age younger than 65 years. * No diagnosis of dementia or delirium. * No available caregiver, or caregiver unwilling or unable to participate in the education program. * NPI total score lower than 24 and no individual NPI symptom domain score of 12. * Clinical condition present at admission or developing during hospitalization that prevents delivery of the non-pharmacological intervention, including isolation for SARS-CoV-2 infection or another condition requiring isolation, deep sedation, coma, or severe respiratory failure. * Informed consent not obtained from the participant, when capable of providing consent, or from the participant's legal guardian or legally authorized representative. * Informed consent not obtained from the caregiver.