Aerobic exercise is considered beneficial for those with Alzheimer’s because it also brings oxygen to the brain. I wonder if anyone has tried hyperbaric oxygen since I understand it is an approved treatment although not covered by insurance.
Are you talking about putting someone in a Hyperbaric chamber? IMO, this would never work for some suffering from a Dementia. I have seen these chambers and it gives me claustrophobia just thinking about them. I read a patient would be in one for 90 min or 2 hours. Don't think u will get a Dementia person to sit in one for that long. They would need to be sedated.
"Cost is about $450 for a two-hour session — and for-profit management companies that do much of the work, nearly 1,300 U.S. hospitals have installed hyperbaric facilities."
These chambers would be hard to find. My daughter worked woundcare for a company that subcontract with the hospital. That company brought in a chamber mainly for diabetics. It seems though, they have been found to help with cognitivity because it helps circulate the blood in the brain. But, its seems a lot of sessions are involved.
Here is an article but the highlighted part seems to be off session wise or I am reading it wrong. There are only 1440 min in a day. If you take 60 sessions at 90 min each...thats 5440 min a day. I think its suppose to say 6 sessions daily. Even that is 9 hrs a day.
"While Hyperbaric oxygen is not FDA-approved for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, off-label use allows physicians to treat and provide benefits in Alzheimer’s patients."
"Cost is about $450 for a two-hour session — and for-profit management companies that do much of the work, nearly 1,300 U.S. hospitals have installed hyperbaric facilities."
These chambers would be hard to find. My daughter worked woundcare for a company that subcontract with the hospital. That company brought in a chamber mainly for diabetics. It seems though, they have been found to help with cognitivity because it helps circulate the blood in the brain. But, its seems a lot of sessions are involved.
Here is an article but the highlighted part seems to be off session wise or I am reading it wrong. There are only 1440 min in a day. If you take 60 sessions at 90 min each...thats 5440 min a day. I think its suppose to say 6 sessions daily. Even that is 9 hrs a day.
https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05349318
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7293997
"While Hyperbaric oxygen is not FDA-approved for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, off-label use allows physicians to treat and provide benefits in Alzheimer’s patients."
https://www.nationalhyperbaric.com/hbot-treatments-and-conditions/alzheimers-disease
If duplicate ? are going to be 86’d, maybe keep the one with responses!