Alzheimer's Music Effects

Listening to music has an extraordinary relaxing effect on the minds, souls and bodies of the majority of the people. It has the power to provide physical and mental relaxation to every human being and has impressive effects on patients with Alzheimer thanks to its “calming effects”. First of all, music can be used as a distraction from whatever is causing anxiety to a human being (problems, work, stress, lack of sleep, illnesses, etc), in the same way, it has the force to help people to explore, modulate, or change their emotions. In this case, the anxiety of patients with Alzheimer is usually caused by their tough or severe medical and physical conditions, difficult circumstances, strict medication and heavy treatments (pills, non-addictive …show more content…
None of the patients showed aggressive or socially inadequate behavior only when music was played and none of the participants showed more positive behavior in the absence of music than in its presence. The analysis showed that music is most pronounced effect was in reinforcing positive social behavior. Sixteen of the 26 participants showed more positive social behavior in the presence of music than in its absence. Over one-third of the participants showed positive behavior only in the presence of music and none in its absence. Over half the participants showed less repetitive behavior with background music. Physically, music promotes relaxation to the tense muscles of the patient, and emotionally, music clears the mind of the patient distracting him or her from their negative thoughts as they concentrate on the sound of the instruments. Also, musical interventions help the patients to elevate the mood and energy as it decreases pain perception, counteracts depression and eliminates anxiety and agitation. On the other hand, as persons with Alzheimer have concentration problems, they have the inability to maintain focused on a physical activity, a conversation, or maybe just on a specific