MUSIC THERAPY MUSIC THERAPY
What is music therapy? Music therapy is simply the process of using music to change a person’s behaviour or provide memories to improve clarity.
What is music therapy? Music can • alter moods to manage stress, • stimulate interactions with other people, • help coordinate motor skills, and • improve cognitive functions. A person can respond to music even in the late stages of Alzheimer’s as it does not require cognitive thought. It happens because of automatic responses in the area of the brain that responds to auditory sounds and does not require a thinking process.
The power of personalised playlists. Music & Memory is helping thousands of individuals living with chronic cognitive and physical impairments to reconnect with family, friends, carers, care workers across the world. Choosing songs from the person’s past during their early adult years, between 18 and 25 are likely to have the highest response. It often provides the most engagement.
Results of music therapy • recipients are happier and more social; • creating a calmer environment; • Relationships among care workers, participants and family deepen; • A more social environment as they recipient can laugh or engage better; • Improved behaviour issues; • Reduction in the use of psychotic medications.
Study of Music Therapy
Study of Music Therapy In Australia the study of Music Therapy is a four year Bachelor’s degree and many people further these studies by completing a Master’s degree. So today’s session is not going to teach you how to become a Music Therapist but to this about how you can apply some techniques into the individual care you provide to your clients in their homes. First we must understand the circumstances of the person we are caring for such as what type of medical condition or Dementia they may have. Although there are features that are common to most types of Dementia, of which memory loss is the most obvious, but clients are not all the same clinically - and, even more importantly - their individual personalities vary widely
Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgNLLelQYwI
Culture It is the personality and the culture of the individual that form an important basis for music therapy. By 'culture' we don’t mean simply the language spoken and the country of origin, but also the client's educational level, social background, spiritual beliefs and practices, and - of great importance when we work with the family as well – and understanding if they appreciate the social engagement and ensuring that they don’t just think you are “playing”- let them understand the benefits. Resulting in a happier person that you are caring for.
Who can benefit from personalised playlists? People who are living with: • Dementia • Who are in pain • Feeling depressed or • isolated
Connection between music and memory Here are five recent psychology studies which demonstrate the intimate link between music and memory.
Singing aids language learning The link between music and memory is so strong that it can help you learn a foreign language. Research by Ludke et al. (2013) found that people trying to learn Hungarian, a notoriously difficult language, performed much better if they sang the Hungarian phrases rather than just saying them. The researchers think that the melody may provide an extra cue which helps embed the memory.
Singing What activities can you encourage? • Match songs with movies • Match songs with artists • Match artists with songs • Name that song • Play some music from their era and see if they know some words or the song.
Music evokes autobiographic memories People who have suffered traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), such as in a car accident, often have problems with memory.
Music evokes autobiographic memories People who have suffered traumatic brain injuries (TBIs), such as in a car accident, often have problems with memory. Music is increasingly being tested as a way to help bring back forgotten autobiographical memories. A study performed in 2013 had participants who had suffered severe TBIs rather than those with healthy or suffer from Alzheimer’s disease. They listened to number-one songs from their lifetimes to see what memories were evoked (Baird & Sampson, 2013). (Ref https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131210072030.htm) The memories brought back were mostly of people or a period of their lives and were broadly similar to those evoked by control participants who did not have a TBI. Compared with using a standardised interview–the Autobiographical Memory Interview– playing number-one hits to people who’d suffered TBIs was more effective in eliciting memories.
Memories What activities can you do? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmfeKUNDDYs
Memories Encourage – • The number one songs of their lifetime https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7N2wssse14 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyLjbMBpGDA&list=RDl7N2wssse14&index=3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8Tiz6INF7I&list=RDl7N2wssse14&index=8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy_JRGjc1To&index=10&list=RDl7N2wssse14 Enquire from the family the music of their time or do a little research – not that hard anymore with access to google.
Widespread brain activation One of the reasons the link between music and memory is so powerful is that it activates such large areas of the brain.
Widespread brain activation A study performed in 2013 found that whether their participants were listening to the Beatles or Vivaldi, the same areas of the brain were active. The motor areas process the rhythm, the auditory areas process the sound, while the limbic regions are associated with the emotions (Alluri et al., 2013).
Brain activation What activities will stimulate brain activation? Because we like repetition, our brains are constantly predicting what will happen next based on a pattern like the beat of a song. This is how we end up tapping our toes or dancing. • Introduce some musical instruments to play along with some songs. Basic percussion instruments, household items. • What about trying to put music on when you have an exercise regime with clients – writing the letters with their foot, toe tapping – helps circulation, ankle circles
Music can take you back two generations Classic hits can easily take you back to your teens and twenties
Music can take you back two generations Most people have particularly strong memories of this time in their lives–psychologists have called it the ‘reminiscence bump’. The study’s lead author, Carol Lynne Krumhansl, explained: “Music transmitted from generation to generation shapes autobiographical memories, preferences, and emotional responses, a phenomenon we call cascading ‘reminiscence bumps’. “These new findings point to the impact of music in childhood and likely reflect the prevalence of music in the home environment.” Music has an uncanny way of bringing us back to a specific point in time, and each generation seems to have its own opinions about which tunes will live on as classics. New research suggests that young adults today are fond of and have an emotional connection to the music that was popular for their parents’ generation.
A unique musical hallucination The power of the link between music and memory is sometimes frightening.
Supporting Movement The truth is music and dance have almost always gone hand in hand
Supporting Movement Our bodies have a natural tendency to move with music. How do you feel when you go to a concert even a classical music concert it is kind of weird for the expectation that people are to sit quietly in assigned seats. The truth is music and dance have almost always gone hand in hand , in cultures around the world. It just feels natural – and really good – to move in time with music. You could even say that moving to music is musical all by itself. Most people should be moving more. Research has demonstrated that regular physical activity can lead to improved mobility and strength, better sleep, preserved cognitive functioning, decreased depression, and stronger feelings of self-efficacy and personal control. Yet adults over the age of sixty-five are themost sedentary age group. Moving your body as a form of musical expression feels great. People have always known this on a human level, but now neurological research is starting to show us why movement and music go together so well, too.
Actions What will you take away from today’s session?
Links http://4mbs.com.au/silver / http://www.goldencarers.com/music/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5aeClRY4kA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHcunREYzNY Dance for Parkinsons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sqo5fZ_H5A Dancers with Dementia take to the stage http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09- 23/dancers-with-dementia-take-to-the-stage/7871634
Links Dancing for Parkinsons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENu51imonmU Silver memories http://www.silvermemories.com.au/ Meet people who have lost the ability to speak http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-27/meet-people-who-have-lost-the- ability-to-speak-but-can-sing/7448536 -
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