A case study on a home-based caregiver-delivered music-with-movement intervention for people with early dementia

BACKGROUND: Music has been found to improve sleep and reduce anxiety. PURPOSE: This article reports a 78-year-old Chinese female who had been diagnosed with early dementia underwent an 8-week music-with-movement intervention delivered by her husband at home after being trained in a day care center....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lai, Daniel LL, Lai, Claudia KY
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5600302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28932399
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X17730264
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Music has been found to improve sleep and reduce anxiety. PURPOSE: This article reports a 78-year-old Chinese female who had been diagnosed with early dementia underwent an 8-week music-with-movement intervention delivered by her husband at home after being trained in a day care center. METHODS: Both the patient and the husband’s data were collected through repeated interviews and regular observations. CONCLUSION: The results indicated signs of improvement of the patient in terms of sleep quality and depressive symptoms.

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