Understanding how humour enables contact in music therapy relationships with persons living with dementia: A phenomenological arts-based reflexive study

Haire, Nicky; MacDonald, Raymond

doi:10.1016/j.aip.2021.101784

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“…It identified ‘love, humour, patience and tolerance’ as key attitudes [( Morrisby et al , 2019 ), p. e47]. Haire and MacDonald [( Haire and MacDonald, 2021 ), p. 3] similarly identified humour as a ‘connective lifeline’. However, as dementia progresses, one of the biggest challenges reported by family carers is the increasing lack of awareness that the care recipient may have into how much their carer is supporting them.…”

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Integrative review of singing and music interventions for family carers of people living with dementia

Lee

Allison

O’Neill

et al. 2022

Health Promotion International

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Summary The majority of people living with dementia are cared for by their families. Family carers play a vital role in upholding the formal care system. Caring for a family member with dementia can be fulfilling. However, this role can have a considerable negative impact on family carers’ mental and physical health and quality of life. Several empirical research studies have recently been conducted that explore the potential benefits of music interventions for family carers of people living with dementia. Singing has been the primary musical medium employed. This article presents the first review of this literature to date. It investigates the impact of music interventions on the health and well-being of family carers of people living with dementia, and how they experience and perceive these interventions. Whittemore and Knafl’s five-stage integrative review framework was utilized: (i) problem identification; (ii) literature search; (iii) data evaluation; (iv) data analysis and synthesis; and (v) presentation of the findings. A total of 33 studies met the inclusion criteria. Analysis and synthesis resulted in three overarching themes: impact on family carers, carer perceptions of music interventions and null quantitative findings in small studies. The review found that singing and music interventions may improve family carers’ social and emotional well-being, enhance their ability to cope and care and ameliorate the caring relationship, contributing to experiences of flourishing. However, it highlighted that this area is under-researched and pointed to the need for larger, more rigorous studies.

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Integrative review of singing and music interventions for family carers of people living with dementia

Lee

Allison

O’Neill

et al. 2022

Health Promotion International

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“…for example, talk about embodiment within dance movement psychotherapy and argue that active engagement in movement creates immediate emotional shifts and generates vitality for people with depression.De Witte et al (2021) also refer to vitality as a by-product of embodiment, an important therapeutic factor for all forms of creative psychotherapy. Similarly,Haire and MacDonald (2021) talk about 'humour' in music therapy,Persons (2009) about enjoyment in art therapy andKoch et al (2007) about joy in dance movement therapy, both prerequisites and outcomes of active engagement in artmaking. Encouraging active engagement is one of the key ingredients identified in the Arts for the Blues model (Omylinska-Thurston…”

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Bringing creative psychotherapies to primary NHS Mental Health Services in the UK: A feasibility study on patient and staff experiences of arts for the blues workshops delivered at Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services

Karkou

Omylinska‐Thurston

Parsons

et al. 2022

Couns and Psychother Res

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There have been several arguments for the need to generate evidence‐based creative forms of psychological interventions in Improving Access to Psychological Services (IAPT), the main primary mental health provider in hospitals in England, UK. In this feasibility study, we sought to identify helpful and unhelpful factors of a new creative group psychotherapy, titled Arts for the Blues. We also wanted to find out whether the research tools used were acceptable and sensitive. We therefore engaged a group of seven patients attending an IAPT service in the North West of England, and a group of six staff working in the same service, to attend one creative workshop each, followed by a focus group. The two focus groups were transcribed and analysed using thematic analysis. We also collected pre‐ and post‐measures of depression (PHQ‐9) and anxiety (GAD‐7), measures commonly used in IAPT services, plus measures of well‐being (WHO‐5), the PANAS, and goal‐setting, which were considered for acceptability and sensitivity. We received largely positive responses from service users and staff in the use of creative methods in psychotherapy. Although the measures used had limitations due to the short duration of one‐off creative workshops, we found that they were sensitive enough, easy to complete and, thus, were acceptable. We concluded that Arts for the Blues is a promising intervention in IAPT, especially since it is shaped by service users and staff working in these services. Further work is needed to establish the effectiveness of this new intervention.

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Evaluation for Arts-Based Research Performance: Audience Perceptions ofRising from the Ashes

Viega

2021

Journal of Music Therapy

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The purpose of the study is to understand how audiences evaluated an arts-based research performance called Rising from the Ashes. Audience evaluation promises egalitarian and pluralistic perspectives that may assist artist-as-researchers with gaining new insight into out of performative arts-based research results. Rising from the Ashes was performed several times between 2015 and 2019. Evaluations were provided to six different audiences and consisted of rating-scale and open-ended questions based on general criteria for judging arts-based research: incisiveness, concision, generativity, social significance, evocation and illumination, and coherence. Descriptive rating scores and thematic analysis of open-ended questions aided in the artist-as-researcher’s understanding of how audiences responded to the performances. Descriptive scores showed that audiences strongly agreed that the performance was concise, incisive, and evocative and illuminating. The performance was less likely to support audiences’ understanding of the social issues addressed in the study, which implied decreased generativity and social significance. Open-ended questions enhanced and supported rating-scale responses as well as revealed specific elements of the performance that addressed its coherence. The results deepened the artists-as-researcher’s understanding of potential strengths and limitations of Rising from the Ashes based on the audience evaluations. Implications for arts-based research evaluation in music therapy, particularly related to music performance, are discussed.

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Understanding how humour enables contact in music therapy relationships with persons living with dementia: A phenomenological arts-based reflexive study

Cited by 4 publications

References 37 publications

Integrative review of singing and music interventions for family carers of people living with dementia

Integrative review of singing and music interventions for family carers of people living with dementia

Bringing creative psychotherapies to primary NHS Mental Health Services in the UK: A feasibility study on patient and staff experiences of arts for the blues workshops delivered at Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services

Evaluation for Arts-Based Research Performance: Audience Perceptions ofRising from the Ashes

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