Promising Practices for Social Connectedness, Fall Prevention, and Improved Cognition: Should Social Care Be Prescribed? Should Life Be Medicalized?

Mental Health on the Go: Navigating Travel and Travel Eligibility

“…Despite available treatments, the elusive nature of dementia’s origins results in inconsistent outcomes. Consequently, non-pharmacological approaches, such as art (Hodgson et al, 2023; Marco & Redolat, 2023; Shoesmith et al, 2022), music (Thompson et al, 2023), multisensory simulation (Solé et al, 2022), social activities (Mabire, Gay et al, 2022), and training (Klaming et al, 2023), are favored for their affordability and low side-effect profile (Bowman & Lim, 2022; Livingston et al, 2020).…”

“… 1. We recognize the social science movement that seeks to change medical terminology to reduce the stigma associated with health conditions (e.g., referring to diagnoses such as dementia as “cognitive challenges” rather than “mental disorders”) (Bowman & Lim, 2021, 2022). However, in this letter, we have opted to use medical terminology for mental disorders, as this phrasing is clinically justified for travel eligibility assessments.…”