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Music therapy in dementia care
- Editors:
- ALDRIDGE David, (ed.)
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2000
- Pagination:
- 256p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The editor brings together the diverse research and personal experience of contributors from around the world to examine music therapy as a means of improving memory, health and identity in those suffering from dementia, particularly the Alzheimer's disease. It explores the issues which may arise in working with this group, such as coping with wartime memories, and shows how music therapy facilitates and enables communication through sound and movement. The book is expected to be of interest to caregivers and families of dementia sufferers and to become an essential resource for music therapists and professionals caring for dementia sufferers. Topics covered include: an overview of music therapy literature relating to elderly people; working with words, the significance of narratives; the importance of singing with elderly patients; the problem of agitation and potential benefits from music therapy; experience from the Netherlands; improvisation as an assessment of early Alzheimer’s disease; creative music therapy; remembering and forgiving; working with images and recollection; and dance movement therapy.