SynthesisAmerican journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias2010
The singer or the singing: who sings individually to persons with dementia and what are the effects?
Synthesis in American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- A group intervention to improve quality of life for people with advanced dementia living in care homes: the Namaste feasibility cluster RCT.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2020Trial
- A Brief Report on Reviews of Existing Creative Art-Based Interventions in Dementia Care From 2010-2020.Frontiers in aging · 2022Article
- Towards sustainable implementation of music in daily care of people with dementia and their spouses.The Arts in psychotherapy · 2020Article
- Non-pharmacological interventions for improving quality of life of long-term care residents with dementia: a scoping review protocol.BMJ open · 2019Article
- Improving living and dying for people with advanced dementia living in care homes: a realist review of Namaste Care and other multisensory interventions.BMC geriatrics · 2018Review
- The Effects of Music Therapy-Singing Group on Quality of Life and Affect of Persons With Dementia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2018Article
- Gaps in the evidence on improving social care outcomes: findings from a meta-review of systematic reviews.Health & social care in the community · 2017Review
- A philosophical defense of the idea that we can hold each other in personhood: intercorporeal personhood in dementia care.Medicine, health care, and philosophy · 2014Article
- Global music approach to persons with dementia: evidence and practice.Clinical interventions in aging · 2014Article
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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
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Abstract
''Live'' singing to persons with dementia (PWDs) may be an underused but highly accessible resource for their caregivers, regardless of qualifications. A systematic literature review sought to illuminate who sings to PWDs, and with what objectives and effects, to address the question of whether it is the singer or the singing which is effective. The literature revealed that music therapists seek to address cognitive, behavioral, physiological, and social factors through one-to-one singing, whereas other caregivers are more broadly concerned with quality of life, often through facilitating activities of daily living. All included studies concurred that individual singing to PWDs can be effective in a variety of ways, depending on contexts and goals. PWD's perceptions of situations may influence the effectiveness of singing interventions. Music therapists are urged to empower professional caregivers to sing sensitively to PWDs during caregiving activities.
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