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Music therapy in dementia care
— more new voices | | Author(s) | David Aldridge |
| Publisher | Jessica Kingsley, London, 2000 |
| Pages | 256 pp |
| Source | Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 116 Pentonville Road, London N1 9JB. |
| Keywords | Music ; Therapy ; Dementia ; Memory and Reminiscence. |
| Annotation | "Music therapy in dementia care" draws on contributors' research and personal experience to take a comprehensive look at music therapy as a means of improving memory, health and identity in those suffering from dementia, particularly the Alzheimer's type. Chapters include: a review of the literature from 1980 to 1998; words in writing therapy and speech; the importance of singing; the benefits of music therapy for agitation related behaviours; music therapy practice in the Netherlands; improvisation; creative music therapy; remembering and forgiving; memory and recollection; and dance movement therapy. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010501203 B |
| Classmark | HH: LO: EA: DB |
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