ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2022
The Impact of Music Therapists' Perspectives on Quality of Life in Building Relationships with Older Adults with Chronic Illness.
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Older adults with chronic illnesses have diminished qualities of life (QoL) due to physical and mental decline. To promote their QoL, music therapists create meaningful shared music experiences and positive therapeutic relationships to address their psychosocial needs. However, within this relationship-building process, healthcare professionals, staff, and even caregivers appear to project their own perceptions and expectations of what positive QoL of older adults should be. This misapprehension may challenge therapists to meet older adults' actual QoL needs adequately. To date, no studies have explored music therapists' perspectives on QoL in building relationships with older adults experiencing chronic illness. Eleven music therapists participated in online, semi-structured phenomenological interviews that were thematically analyzed. Three themes emerged: participants gained an increased awareness of unconscious biases, a deepened understanding of older adults' QoL, and a purposeful alignment with older adults' QoL. These highlighted the significance of therapists' consistent self-reflection within the relationship-building process. Identifying their shared commonalities with older adults guided therapists to engage with clients more salutogenically and empathically. Additionally, recognizing their own biases being projected onto older adults empowered therapists to be more intentional to reconcile their perceptual discrepancies while prioritizing older adults' authentic voices and capable selves.
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