The power of song: music therapy and dementia

Grady, Maggie; Beach, Kate Hicks

doi:10.12968/nrec.2020.22.5.8

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“…Person-centred playlists not only enabled the reminiscence of family, places, love, and loss, but also became a means of encouragement for the residents to participate in physically and cognitively stimulating activities. We found, similar to other studies, an improvement in initiation and response of the RwADs, while the duration of the effectiveness varied among the studies [27,28,47]. While the effect of music is comparable with a low to medium effect size [46], the person-centred playlist based on each resident's preferences and cultural background and the residents' engagement by the musicians to the familiar songs and activities contributed to their connection to memory, reduced agitation, and functional improvements.…”

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“…Like in the current literature, this study's findings reported that the residents had an opportunity for memory connection, leading to a self-expression, because of the music [27,45,46]. The residents' memory connectedness was related to the tempo, dynamic, and style of the music, and their expressions (i.e., mumbling, touching, head turning, eye-contact, movement, and smiles) were the outcomes of memory connection [47]. Person-centred playlists not only enabled the reminiscence of family, places, love, and loss, but also became a means of encouragement for the residents to participate in physically and cognitively stimulating activities.…”

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confidence: 67%

“…Studies identified that the number of incidents relating to aggression, agitation, and depression varied according to the types and severity of dementia [27,47]. Inappropriate behaviours of RwADs occurs often and without any explanation [48].…”

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Person-Centred, Culturally Appropriate Music Intervention to Improve Psychological Wellbeing of Residents with Advanced Dementia Living in Australian Rural Residential Aged Care Homes

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This quasi-experimental, nonrandomized intervention study reports the effect of person-centred, culturally appropriate music on psychological wellbeing of residents with advanced dementia in five rural residential aged care homes in Australia. Seventy-four residents attended in person-centred music sessions and culturally appropriate group sessions. Interest, response, initiation, involvement, enjoyment, and general reactions of the residents were assessed using the Music in Dementia Assessment Scale (MiDAS), and interviews and focus groups were conducted with aged care staff and musicians. The overall effect of person-centred sessions at two-time points were: during the intervention—351.2 (SD 93.5); and two-hours post intervention—315.1 (SD 98.5). The residents presented a moderate to high level of interest, response, initiation, involvement, and enjoyment during the session and at post-intervention. However, the MiDAS sub-categories’ mean scores differed between the time-points: interest (t59 = 2.8, p = 0.001); response (t59 = 2.9, p = 0.005); initiation (t59 = 2.4, p = 0.019); and involvement (t59 = 2.8, p = 0.007), indicating a significant decline in the effect of person-centred music over time. Interestingly, during the period of time, most of the residents were observed with no exhibitions of agitation (87.5%), low in mood (87.5%), and anxiousness (70.3%), and with a presentation of relaxation (75.5%), attentiveness (56.5%), and smiling (56.9%). Themes from qualitative data collected regarding culturally appropriate group music sessions were behavioural change, meaningful interaction, being initiative, increased participation, and contentment. The findings suggest that the integration of music into care plans may reduce the residents’ agitation and improve their emotional wellbeing in rural aged care homes.

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Person-Centred, Culturally Appropriate Music Intervention to Improve Psychological Wellbeing of Residents with Advanced Dementia Living in Australian Rural Residential Aged Care Homes

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“…Musical imagination is one of the commonly used therapeutic methods in receptive music. Under the guidance of therapists, visitors imagine music, accompanied by corresponding situational music [ 23 , 24 ]. All the imaginary content is guided and controlled by the therapist.…”

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[Retracted] Evaluation Model of Music Therapy’s Auxiliary Effect on Mental Health Based on Artificial Intelligence Technology

2022

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

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The reason why music can affect people’s emotional experience is that the stimulation can be transmitted to the brain through hearing, such as the thalamus and lenticular nucleus. Music therapy has a positive auxiliary treatment effect on mental health. Therefore, an evaluation model of the auxiliary effect of music therapy on mental health based on artificial intelligence technology is proposed. We construct the constraint index parameters for the evaluation of music therapy’s auxiliary effect on mental health, take parent pressure, self-pressure, teacher pressure, and social pressure as the questionnaire object parameters, take class type as the independent variable, carry out an independent sample t-test, and construct an adaptive information extraction model for the evaluation of music therapy’s auxiliary effect on mental health. Paired sample t-test is used to analyze whether there is a difference between the experimental group and the control group on the learning stress scale. According to the analysis of the difference between the experimental group and the control group, combined with the difference test analysis of the data of the stress release of music therapy on mental health, the quantitative evaluation of the auxiliary effect of music therapy on mental health is realized through artificial intelligence optimization control. The experimental results show that the accuracy and reliability of this method to analyze the auxiliary effect of music therapy on mental health are high. There are obvious changes in the data of students’ self-pressure, and the difference between the average value and standard deviation of the data before and after the course is obvious. From the perspective of the effectiveness of the course, the students in the class who implement the four relaxation experience courses in the course are under the pressure of parents, self-pressure, teacher pressure, and social pressure. There are obvious changes in the five aspects of learning pressure compared with that before the implementation of the course. After the course experience, the pressure value of most students decreases, and the course intervention effect is obvious.

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“…The 's memory connectedness was related to the tempo, dynamic, and style of the music; and their expressions [i.e. mumbling, touching, head turning, eyecontact, movement, and smiles] were the outcomes of memory connection (Grady & Beach, 2020). Person-centred playlist and playing musical instruments not only enabled the reminiscence of family, place, love, and loss, but also became a means of encouragement for the residents to show participate in physically and cognitively stimulating activities.…”

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The Nexus of ‘Music, Mind, and Well-being’: Effects of Harmony in the Bush Music Intervention for Residents with Advanced Dementia in Australian Rural Nursing Homes

Hamiduzzaman¹,

Kuot²,

Greenhill³

et al. 2020

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BackgroundPersons with dementia often show aggression, depression, and anxiety and these symptoms and behaviours escalate overtime without treatment. Music has been found to be useful for managing these symptoms and behaviours and can significantly improve well-being. This paper reports the effect of music on residents with advanced dementia in rural nursing homes, as a key part of the Harmony in the Bush study.MethodsWe conducted a quasi-experimental research in five Australian rural nursing homes. Managers of nursing homes were contacted to select residents with advanced dementia, resulted in 74 residents who participated in person-centred music and culturally-appropriate group music sessions. Staff (104) and musicians (6) participated in 65 interviews and 20 focus groups. One-Way ANOVA and paired-samples t-test were performed to understand Music in Dementia Assessment Scale (MiDAS) scores. Qualitative data were thematically analysed.ResultsSeventy-four residents participated in an average of 9.5 [SD 4.73] person-centred music sessions and most of them were female (n = 52/70%). Analysis revealed the overall mean effect of the person-centred music at two-time points as 67% [during-70% {351.22 (SD:93.51)}; and after-63% {315.09 (SD:98.52)}]. The residents with (moderate to severe) pain, anxiety, sadness, and agitation at pre-intervention, presented an improvement in their levels of interest, response, initiation, involvement, and enjoyment at different time-points. The t-test showed that the MiDAS sub-categories’ mean scores differed significantly between the time-points: interest [t = 2.75, p = 0.001]; response [t = 2.94, p = 0.005]; initiation [t = 2.41, p = 0.019]; and involvement [t = 2.78, p = 0.007]. Additionally, the residents were observed at post-intervention with a reduction of agitation (87.5%), low in mood (87.5%), and anxiousness (70.3%); and an improvement in relaxation (75.5%), attentiveness (56.5%), and smiling (56.9%). Themes from qualitative data were behavioural change, meaningful interaction, being initiative, increased participation, and contentment.ConclusionFindings suggest the music intervention probably reduce the residents’ psychiatric symptoms and behaviours and improve well-being.Clinical RegistrationThe study is registered with the Australian and New Zealand Clinical. Trials Registry (ANZCTR) on 20/2/2018 (Registration No: ACTRN12618000263291p; http://www.ANZCTR.org.au/ACTRN12618000263291p.aspx).

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The power of song: music therapy and dementia

Abstract: Advanced or complex dementia requires a blend of treatment and therapy for effective management. Gloucestershire charity Mindsong explains its work in using music therapy to reduce stress and support daily care

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Person-Centred, Culturally Appropriate Music Intervention to Improve Psychological Wellbeing of Residents with Advanced Dementia Living in Australian Rural Residential Aged Care Homes

Person-Centred, Culturally Appropriate Music Intervention to Improve Psychological Wellbeing of Residents with Advanced Dementia Living in Australian Rural Residential Aged Care Homes

[Retracted] Evaluation Model of Music Therapy’s Auxiliary Effect on Mental Health Based on Artificial Intelligence Technology

The Nexus of ‘Music, Mind, and Well-being’: Effects of Harmony in the Bush Music Intervention for Residents with Advanced Dementia in Australian Rural Nursing Homes

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