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Science behind the Alzheimer Society of Toronto iPod project /

29 Aug 2013

Science behind the Alzheimer Society of Toronto iPod Project The Alzheimer Society of Toronto (AST) initiated Studies have shown that among people with its iPod project in 2013; the project provides ADOD: personalized music to older persons in community • Depression is the most common BPSD (Vega and residential settings and is based on the work et al., 2007; Lyketsos & Lee, 2004) of Music and Memo [...] A review of research articles on the use of personalized music found that seven out of eight A case-control study indicated that the number of articles reported significant reductions in agitation activity disturbances in participants of a music and agitated behaviours (Sung & Chang, 2005). [...] A study examining different forms of music Take home therapy showed that patients with dementia in any In sum, the science behind the AST iPod Project music therapy group (listening to personalized suggests that in spite of some inconsistencies and music, group-personalized music, classical music, qualifications, personalized music and other or singing music) had fewer agitated behaviours music in [...] Systematic reviews on music Moreover, personalized music and other music therapy interventions appear to pose few risks, particularly Systematic reviews of research on music and in comparison to alternatives such as medications music therapy for persons with ADOD also point and physical restraints. [...] In addition, unlike other although with great variation in type of music personalized music projects, they are targeting selected, number of sessions, length of exposure, older persons living in both residential and populations studied and methodologies used community-based settings.
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Authors

Tam, Tommy

Pages
7
Published in
Ottawa, Ontario

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