ArticleThe American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry2017
Individualized Music Program is Associated with Improved Outcomes for U.S. Nursing Home Residents with Dementia.
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- Psychosocial interventions for reducing antipsychotic medication in care home residents.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Music-based interventions in the acute setting for patients with dementia: a systematic review.European geriatric medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Positive physical and mental outcomes for residents in nursing facilities using music: a systematic review.Clinical interventions in aging · 2019Pooled it
- The effect of a music-based care intervention on neuropsychiatric symptoms: secondary analysis of a cluster-randomised controlled study in nursing home residents with dementia and pain.BMC geriatrics · 2026Trial
- Moderators of Adherence Within a Nursing Home Pragmatic Trial of Personalized Music.The Gerontologist · 2025Trial
- Using Structured Observations to Evaluate the Effects of a Personalized Music Intervention on Agitated Behaviors and Mood in Nursing Home Residents With Dementia: Results From an Embedded, Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2024Trial
- Pragmatic Implementation of a Music Intervention in Nursing Homes Before and During COVID-19.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2024Trial
- Pragmatic Trial of Personalized Music for Agitation and Antipsychotic Use in Nursing Home Residents With Dementia.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2022Trial
- Effects of the tailored activity program (TAP) on dementia-related symptoms, health events and caregiver wellbeing: a randomized controlled trial.BMC geriatrics · 2021Trial
- Evaluating the Effect of National Background Check Program on Nursing Home Deficiency Citations.Health services research · 2026Article
- Barriers and facilitators to implementing strategies for reducing inappropriate antipsychotic use in long-term care: a scoping review.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Quantitative Research on Digitalized Treatment Options for Older Adults With Mental Illness: Scoping Review.JMIR mental health · 2025Article
- Resident and Nursing Home Factors Associated With Adherence to a Personalized Music Intervention: Secondary Analyses From Music & MEmory: A Pragmatic TRial for Nursing Home Residents With ALzheimer's Disease (METRIcAL).Journal of aging research · 2025Article
- Effects of an intergenerational Kindermusik class on stress and affect in older adults with dementia and their caregivers: a pilot study using ecological momentary assessment.Frontiers in aging · 2025Article
- RadioMe: an automated home-based radio, music playlist, and diary reminder system: Report on recruitment, music compilation, and listening, and preliminary testing of heart rate activated music.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Music Engagement as Part of Everyday Life in Dementia Caregiving Relationships at Home.The Gerontologist · 2024Article
- A quasi-experimental mixed-method pilot study to check the efficacy of the "SOUND" active and passive music-based intervention on mental wellbeing and residual cognition of older people with dementia and dementia professionals' burnout: a research protocol.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
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- Predictors of the importance of everyday preferences for older adults with cognitive impairment.International psychogeriatrics · 2022Article
- Understanding the Effects of Music Care on the Lived Experience of Isolation and Loneliness in Long-Term Care: A Qualitative Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe objective of this study was to compare resident outcomes before and after implementation of an individualized music program, MUSIC & MEMORY (M&M), designed to address the behavioral and psychological symptoms associated with dementia (BPSD).
setting98 nursing homes trained in the M&M program during 2013 and 98 matched-pair comparisons.
participantsLong-stay residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD) residing in M&M participating facilities (N = 12,905) and comparison facilities (N = 12,811) during 2012-2013.
interventionM&M is a facility-level quality improvement program that provides residents with music specific to their personal histories and preferences. MEASUREMENTS: Discontinuation of anxiolytic and antipsychotic medications, and reductions in behavioral problems and depressed mood in 2012 (pre-intervention) and 2013 (intervention), calculated using Minimum Data Set (MDS) assessments.
resultsThe proportion of residents who discontinued antipsychotic medication use over a 6-month period increased from 17.6% to 20.1% among M&M facilities, while remaining stable among comparison facilities (15.9% to 15.2%). The same trend was observed for anxiolytic medications: Discontinuation of anxiolytics increased in M&M facilities (23.5% to 24.4%), while decreasing among comparison facilities (24.8% to 20.0%). M&M facilities also demonstrated increased rates of reduction in behavioral problems (50.9% to 56.5%) versus comparison facilities (55.8% to 55.9%). No differences were observed for depressed mood.
conclusionsThese results offer the first evidence that the M&M individualized music program is associated with reductions in antipsychotic medication use, anxiolytic medication use, and BPSD symptoms among long-stay nursing home residents with ADRD.
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