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Providing a range of perspectives from music practitioners, researchers, and people with lived experience of dementia, this comprehensive volume offers latest research into music for people with dementia.
Amidst growing concern over public health resourcing and an ageing population, the book explores how the familiar tool of music has been used to ameliorate dementia symptoms and improve quality of life, presenting insights from music therapy, neurology, and the practice of delivering and evaluating music interventions. Written by leading international researchers in the field, chapters look at key frameworks and current science to explore a range of settings such as the impact of music in care homes and hospitals, community singing initiatives, and in-home environments; as well as providing up-to-date research. Chapters take a novel approach, guided by the experiences of music practitioners, scientists, and researchers.
Anchoring scientific knowledge on music and the brain in relation to dementia and cognitive decline to current practice, the book will appeal to scholars, researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of gerontology and ageing, dementia care, and music therapy. Practitioners, therapists, and health care professionals involved with music and older people as well as music for those with dementia may also benefit from the volume.
List of contents
Introduction Section 1: Context IntroductionBecky Dowson
1. Music and dementia in the public consciousness and its relevance to research
Becky Dowson
2. Community singing as a resource in dementia
Zara Thompson, Jeannette Tamplin
3 An overview of the impact of music-based interventions in congregate settings for people living with dementia
Jelena Golubovic, Martina de Witte & Felicity Baker
4 What does music therapy offer to people living with dementia? A synthesis of case studies
Becky Dowson
5 The importance of psychodynamic thinking in music therapy with people with Dementia
Rachel Darnley Smith
6 Hearing loss, dementia and musical engagement: key considerations
Emma Broome, Emily Woodmansey & Lena Batra
Section 2: Methods IntroductionBecky Dowson and Justine Schneider
7 The impossibility of equipoise in research on music and dementia
Justine Schneider
8 Neuropsychological and neuroimaging study of physical exercise with music accompaniment for dementia prevention: the Mihama-Kiho project
Masayuki Satoh
9 Technological innovations in research and practice - EEG Neurometrics, and hyperscanning data in music therapy
Jorg Fachner & Clemens Maidhof
10 Reporting Guidelines for Music-Based Interventions Checklist: Explanation and Elaboration Guide
Sheri Robb, K. Maya Story, Elizabeth Harman, Debra S. Burns, Joke Bradt, Emmeline Edwards, Tasha Golden, Christian Gold, John. R. Iversen, Assal Habibi, Julene K. Johnson, Miriam Lense, Susan M. Perkins
11 Designing Impactful Music-based Intervention Studies: The National Institutes of Health Music Based Interventions (NIH MBI) Toolkit
Emmeline Edwards, Wen Chen, Coryse St. Hillaire-Clarke, Melinda Kelley, Kaitlin Heimke Kirkpatrick, Caroline Sferrazza
Section 3: Impact IntroductionJustine Schneider
12 Inspiring caregivers in India to embed music into the culture of caregiving through Music Helps' accessible training
Elsa Hariades, Alexia Quin, Nina Cherla, Pavithra Gangadharan
13 Training caregivers: music therapy skill sharing and building capacity
Orii McDermott
14 Challenges to the implementation of music research in practice
Ming Hung Hsu
15 Embedding musical care in everyday settings
Bev Foster
16 Delivering the power of music strategically: what policymakers and planners need to know
Grace Meadows
About the author
Becky Dowson is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research, UK and a Music Therapist at Chiltern Music Therapy.
Justine Schneider is Emerita Professor of Mental Health and Social Care, School of Sociology & Social Policy, University of Nottingham, UK
