In order to provide sensory information, supplies are required. What supplies are used is dependent on your location. Keep in mind the sensation you are wanting to produce while you are carrying out your everyday activities.
To start, experiment with a sequence that begins with a negative cue to arouse their attention and follow with a positive cue that can be appreciated. Teeter tottering back and forth uses their best ability to function. The response times are usually the same length of time for positive and negative cues and this is a good way to measure them.
Within ACL 1 Low, their sustained attention is so short that leaving the supplies at bedside seems to be a necessary means of reducing the hassle of setting up several times a day.
Leaving supplies, directions and a visitor's book at bedside supports family, friends and volunteer participation and gives them something useful to do when they come to visit.
Sensory stimulations will probably be more effective if they have a limited range, such as six cues to at least three senses with a change in at least two cues every week / month. When possible, at least one of the cues should be a personal favorite. The variation in cues may also be an important mechanism for sustaining visitor involvement.
The aim is to allow the person to regularly choose what positive cues they want to pay attention to. If a person is coming out of a coma, the aim is to encourage the person's attention span so they can move to the next mode which is to track and locate a pleasant stimulus.
Provide a clear storage container, place the person's favorite supplies. It this is done in a residential aged care facility, be mindful that the supplies may disappear so make sure they are not valuable and are replaceable.