Music therapy in Aged Care
'Music therapy 'helps Dementia'' in November 2000, BBC News
Scientists conducted a study about introducing music therapy to help dementia patients in London. It says music therapy helps dementia patient to communicate. A Neuroscientists Professor discribed the music therapy is amazing which the the trials was not involved drug or any medication. Music therapy is not a cure, but it will slow down the progression of this disease.
For stroke patients. Singing helps stroke patients regain language ability. Music therapy can improve speech, behaviour and pain in patients with brain injuries.
In BBC News [ Music 'can aid stroke recovery' ] says the music group showed better recovery of memory and attention skills, and a more positive general frame of mind. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7250594.stm)
'Music Therapy Beneficial for Depression' from Psych Central says music therapy can improve depression patients' health. "During this study, it indicates that music therapy may be able to improve mood and has low drop-out rates," says Anna Maratos, an Arts Therapist who works in the Central and Northwest London Foundation NHS Trust, London. “It is important to note that at the moment there are only a small number of relatively low quality studies in this area, and we will only be able to be confident about the effectiveness of music therapy once some high quality trials have been conducted,” says Maratos. (http://psychcentral.com/news/2008/01/23/music-therapy-beneficial-for-depression/1823.html)
From Medical News Today, 2009, University of Alabama senior Sarah Pitts brought her music therapy skills to patients in Hospice of West Alabama. Pitts says' We've gotten a lot of encouraging comments from families," says Pitts, a music therapy major from Memphis, Tenn. "Sometimes families who hear us say, 'Can you come and play a song or two?' Even one session with a music therapist can reduce pain and anxiety in this setting.'
