A case study on a home-based caregiver-delivered music-with-movement intervention for people with early dementia.

Authors :: Lai DL
Lai CK
Source :: SAGE open medical case reports [SAGE Open Med Case Rep] 2017 Sep 13; Vol. 5, pp. 2050313X17730264. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Sep 13 (Print Publication: 2017).
Publication Year :: 2017
Abstract: Background: Music has been found to improve sleep and reduce anxiety.<br />Purpose: This article reports a 78-year-old Chinese female who had been diagnosed with early dementia underwent an 8-week music-with-movement intervention delivered by her husband at home after being trained in a day care center.<br />Methods: Both the patient and the husband's data were collected through repeated interviews and regular observations.<br />Conclusion: The results indicated signs of improvement of the patient in terms of sleep quality and depressive symptoms.<br />Competing Interests: Declaration of conflicting interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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