ArticleClinical interventions in aging2014
Global music approach to persons with dementia: evidence and practice.
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- Efficacy of music therapy on mild cognitive impairment in the aging population: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine · 2026Pooled it
- The Comparative Efficacy of Multiple Interventions for Mild Cognitive Impairment in Alzheimer's Disease: A Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2020Pooled it
- Virtual reality-based music attention training for acquired brain injury: A randomized crossover study.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2024Trial
- 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
- Non-pharmacological strategies for the management of Alzheimer's disease.Dementia & neuropsychologia · 2026Review
- Improving executive functioning and reducing the risk of Alzheimer's disease with music therapy: A narrative review of potential neural mechanisms.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2025Review
- Exploring the effects of combined nostalgic activities and music therapy on Alzheimer's disease outcomes.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Does Music Intervention Improve Anxiety in Dementia Patients? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- A 12-month randomised pilot trial of the Alzheimer's and music therapy study: a feasibility assessment of music therapy and physical activity in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2023Article
- A Novel Method of Teaching English to People with Mild Cognitive Impairment Using Songs: A Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2023Article
- Effects of remote combine exercise-music training on physical and cognitive performance in patients with Alzheimer's disease: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2023Article
- Soundscape Preference of Urban Residents in China in the Post-pandemic Era.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Impacts of Music Intervention on Dementia: A Review Using Meta-Narrative Method and Agenda for Future Research.Neurology international · 2021Review
- Effects of Music Therapy on Patients with Dementia-A Systematic Review.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- The Perspectives of Professional Caregivers on Implementing Audio-Based Technology in Residential Dementia Care.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- 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
- "Opening Our Time Capsule"-Creating an Individualized Music and Other Memory Cues Database to Promote Communication Between Spouses and People With Dementia During Visits to a Nursing Home.Frontiers in medicine · 2018Article
- Music therapy is a potential intervention for cognition of Alzheimer's Disease: a mini-review.Translational neurodegeneration · 2017Review
- Heart Failure Self-care Associated With Brain Injury in Executive Control Regions.The Journal of cardiovascular nursingArticle
- Sound and Alzheimer's Disease-From Harmful Noise to Beneficial Soundscape Augmentation and Music Therapy.Noise & healthReview
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Abstract
Music is an important resource for achieving psychological, cognitive, and social goals in the field of dementia. This paper describes the different types of evidence-based music interventions that can be found in literature and proposes a structured intervention model (global music approach to persons with dementia, GMA-D). The literature concerning music and dementia was considered and analyzed. The reported studies included more recent studies and/or studies with relevant scientific characteristics. From this background, a global music approach was proposed using music and sound-music elements according to the needs, clinical characteristics, and therapeutic-rehabilitation goals that emerge in the care of persons with dementia. From the literature analysis the following evidence-based interventions emerged: active music therapy (psychological and rehabilitative approaches), active music therapy with family caregivers and persons with dementia, music-based interventions, caregivers singing, individualized listening to music, and background music. Characteristics of each type of intervention are described and discussed. Standardizing the operational methods and evaluation of the single activities and a joint practice can contribute to achieve the validation of the application model. The proposed model can be considered a low-cost nonpharmacological intervention and a therapeutic-rehabilitation method for the reduction of behavioral disturbances, for stimulation of cognitive functions, and for increasing the overall quality of life of persons with dementia.
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