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MUSIC THERAPY: Empowering People Living with Alzheimer’s Disease Alison Ledger BMus (Mus Thy) (Hons), RMT, ATCL Cameron Haigh BMus (Mus Thy) (Hons), RMT
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A MUSIC THERAPY GROUP Sample 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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AGENCY achievement, 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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“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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BELONGING Being with others through music: being involved being included deep relationship
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BELONGING
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Being with others through music: being involved being included deep relationship
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MEANING sense 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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MEANING sense of wholeness and purpose in life despite a subjective state of feeling or suffering
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MEANING
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sense 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 Ledger alison.ledger@ul.ie Cameron Haigh chaigh_rmt@australiaonline.net.au Australian Music Therapy Association www.austmta.org.au
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