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| Influence of caregiver singing and background music on posture, movement and sensory awareness in dementia care | | Author(s) | Eva Götell, Steven Brown, Sirkka-Liisa Ekman |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 15, no 4, December 2003 |
| Pages | pp 411-430 |
| Source | www.springerpub.com |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Vocal music ; Music ; Therapy ; Cognitive processes ; Self care capacity ; Mobility ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | Previous research has suggested that caregiver singing could influence people with severe dementia to communicate with increased competence, to cease aggression and disruptive screaming, while at the same time seeming to understand what is going on when being cared for. Nine patients with late-stage dementia and 5 professional caregivers participated in this Swedish study. 27 sessions were videotaped. Data were analysed using qualitative content analysis. During the usual caring situation, patients demonstrated slumped posture, sluggish and asymmetric motion, listlessness, minimal awareness of egocentric space and physical environment, and poor ability to perform to completion activities necessary for personal care. Both background music and caregiver singing had strong influences on the body and on sensory awareness. Patients had straightened posture, stronger and more symmetric movements, and a greatly increased awareness of themselves and their environment. They appeared to regain skills necessary for daily living, and demonstrated that they could perform tasks with intention, purpose and competence. Caregiver singing was particularly effective in drawing out capabilities that appeared to be lost in these patients, and also elicted a greater degree of mutuality to the interaction between patient and caregiver than was seen with background music. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040604204 A |
| Classmark | EA: HH6: HH: LO: DA: CA: C4: 76P |
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