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Authors' conclusions: Providing people with dementia who are in institutional care with at least five sessions of a music-based therapeutic intervention probably reduces depressive symptoms and improves overall behavioural problems at the end of treatment. It may also improve emotional well-being and quality of life and reduce anxiety, but may ...
Jul 23, 2021 · This paper is an umbrella review of systematic research reviews investigating music-based interventions for people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. While the quality of research methodology for many articles is variable, the findings are nevertheless impressive regarding a variety of positive results for music and music therapy.
- Suzanne B. Hanser
- 2021
Key Points. Music therapy is used as a treatment for the improvement of cognitive function in people with dementia. The intervention based on listening to music presents the greatest effect on patients with dementia followed by singing. Music therapy improved the quality of life of people with dementia.
Jan 25, 2022 · Music is a source of meaningful occupation in dementia [4] – a cornerstone of wellbeing in the delivery of person-centred care. By facilitating communication, it may also reduce the frustration and helplessness that contribute significantly to challenging behaviours. As a therapeutic intervention, music is innocuous, accessible, flexible and ...
Abstract. Background: The use of music in cognitive interventions represents a possibility with potential worthy of further investigation in the field of aging, both in terms of prevention from dementia, in the phase of mild cognitive impairment, and in the treatment of overt dementia. Objectives: Currently, the types of music-based ...
The music interventions for dementia and depression in elderly care (MIDDEL) trial aimed to identify the main effects of GMT or RCS, compared with the absence of GMT or RCS, with standard care; any interaction effects of GMT and RCS; and the predictive effects on intervention efficacy of clinical characteristics, specifically severity of dementia (selected as the most important from a larger ...
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Music interventions can include music therapy but also encompass other forms of music-based interventions such as music activities, music appreciation, and music training. Therefore, music therapy is a subset of music interventions, with the former involving specialized training and a therapeutic focus, while the latter encompasses a broader scope of music-related interventions. [ 8 ]
