The NICE-SCIE Clinical guideline CG42 recommends that, where possible, a patient displaying BPSD should be offered nonpharmacological first-line therapies including:

• Aromatherapy
• Massage
• Therapeutic music or dance
• Animal assisted therapy
• Multi-sensory stimulation
• Distraction or reminiscence therapy.

Some patients may benefit from one therapy more than another. Care should be taken not to force patients into activities that they may find frustrating. Other patients may not benefit from these interventions, so individual assessment is required.