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MUSIC THERAPY:Empowering People Living with Alzheimer’s Disease
Alison LedgerBMus (Mus Thy)
(Hons), RMT, ATCL
Cameron HaighBMus (Mus Thy)
(Hons), RMT
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A MUSIC THERAPY GROUPSample structure
Greeting and Warmup - medley of popular songs sung
Movement - structured movement to music
Body - quiz / theme / instrumental play, etc
Relaxation - structured relaxation to music
Closing song and farewell
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Music Therapy:Improvisation, Communication and Culture
(Even Ruud, 1998)
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AFFECTIVE AWARENESS
ability to reflect on and express emotions
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Audio example
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Audio example
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AGENCYachievement,
competency, mastery
& empowerment
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Alzheimer’s patients could learn new material when it was presented in the context of a song.
Prickett and Moore (1991)
Singing despite impaired verbal communication skills.(Clair, 2000; Fitzgerald-Cloutier, 1993; Olderog Millard & Smith, 1989)
AGENCY
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Continued participation in instrumental playing despite other capacities deteriorating.
(Clair and Bernstein, 1990a; 1990b)
Rhythmic activities may be particularly accessible.
(Ebberts, 1994; Pollack & Namazi, 1992)
AGENCY
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Audio example
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“I’ve never sung so many old songs”
“I know all the old songs”
“I made that up!”
“we’re good, aren’t we?”
AGENCY
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BELONGINGBeing with others through music:
being involvedbeing included
deep relationship
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BELONGING
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BELONGINGBeing with others through music:
being involvedbeing included
deep relationship
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MEANINGsense of wholeness and purpose in life despite a
subjective state of feeling or suffering
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MEANING“I like the music because it gives me sense in the background, and without that sense it all gets lost”
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MEANINGsense of wholeness and purpose in life despite a
subjective state of feeling or suffering
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MEANING
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MEANINGsense of wholeness and purpose in life despite a
subjective state of feeling or suffering
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“Thank you for thinking of my husband”
“music takes me back to the beach”
“music takes you back more than activities”
MEANING
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MUSIC THERAPY:Empowering People Living with Alzheimer’s Disease
Alison [email protected] Cameron Haigh
Australian Music Therapy Association
www.austmta.org.au