Music Therapy: An Effective Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease
Music is a universal language that everyone can understand. It has been a way of communicating and joining people of different race, language and cultures together. Many cultures have described music as having healing effects and it is increasingly being used as a clinical intervention to improve quality of life (Kumar et.al, 1999). It provides spiritual, physical, emotional connect, and also healing to the soul. Today, music is more than just a source for emotional, spiritual, physical, and social well-being or healing to the soul. It has become a source of healing to our minds both physically and mentally. Music therapy has been found to help the elderly suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. The disease is defined …show more content…
The data shows that engaging Alzheimer’s patients in various music styles will aid with improving their conditions when done continuously. Therefore, music therapy is a non-invasive and effective method for treating the elderly with dementia type Alzheimer’s disease. Music Therapy and Alzheimer Behaviours
A study conducted in 2006 by Landspitali University Hospital of Iceland, attempted to analyze the benefits of music therapy in patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease (Svansdottir and Snaedal, 2006). In this study, there were 38 participants ranging from the age of 71 to 87 diagnosed with moderate and severe type Alzheimer’s disease. The participants were recruited from two nursing homes and two psychogeriatric ward and were given informed consent by a relative. Twenty patients were randomized into the music therapy group, while the other eighteen patients were the control group. The purpose of analyzing the effects of music in the elderly suffering from Alzheimer’s was to use a safe and effective, non-pharmacological treatment for symptoms of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia such as
Music is a universal language that everyone can understand. It has been a way of communicating and joining people of different race, language and cultures together. Many cultures have described music as having healing effects and it is increasingly being used as a clinical intervention to improve quality of life (Kumar et.al, 1999). It provides spiritual, physical, emotional connect, and also healing to the soul. Today, music is more than just a source for emotional, spiritual, physical, and social well-being or healing to the soul. It has become a source of healing to our minds both physically and mentally. Music therapy has been found to help the elderly suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. The disease is defined …show more content…
The data shows that engaging Alzheimer’s patients in various music styles will aid with improving their conditions when done continuously. Therefore, music therapy is a non-invasive and effective method for treating the elderly with dementia type Alzheimer’s disease. Music Therapy and Alzheimer Behaviours
A study conducted in 2006 by Landspitali University Hospital of Iceland, attempted to analyze the benefits of music therapy in patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease (Svansdottir and Snaedal, 2006). In this study, there were 38 participants ranging from the age of 71 to 87 diagnosed with moderate and severe type Alzheimer’s disease. The participants were recruited from two nursing homes and two psychogeriatric ward and were given informed consent by a relative. Twenty patients were randomized into the music therapy group, while the other eighteen patients were the control group. The purpose of analyzing the effects of music in the elderly suffering from Alzheimer’s was to use a safe and effective, non-pharmacological treatment for symptoms of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia such as