Object Handling for People With Dementia: A Scoping Review and the Development of Intervention Guidance.

The findings suggest that people with dementia may benefit from object handling interventions as a means of improving well-being, mood, and social inclusion. The review highlighted a variety of approaches used and a small number of studies were identified under the term of "object handling." Further studies are needed to examine the complexity of object handling, its impact within dementia care settings, and that explicitly use the term "object handling." Given the focus to date on heritage, archive, and museum objects, more studies involving the handling of everyday material objects are needed because these are by definition highly accessible.