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Buddy's Glee Club
— singing for life | | Author(s) | Amy A Clements-Cortes |
| Journal title | Activities, Adaptation and Aging, vol 37, no 4, October-December 2013 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, October-December 2013 |
| Pages | pp 273-290 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Vocal music ; Choirs ; Participation ; Well being ; Quality of life ; Friendship ; Social surveys ; Canada. |
| Annotation | The Buddy's Glee Club study was implemented to understand the benefits of participating in a choir on the health, wellness, and successful ageing of older adults who are either cognitively intact or diagnosed with dementia. Participants were recruited from an adult day care centre in a Canadian metropolitan area; they took part in a weekly 1-hour choral session for 16 weeks. They were assessed both pre- and post-intervention for general health, self-esteem, anxiety, feelings and/or emotions, and quality of life. After 16 weeks, participants were interviewed. Five large themes emerged from the data: friendship and companionship, simplicity, happiness and uplifting and positive feelings, relaxing and reduced anxiety, and fun. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150605210 A |
| Classmark | HH6: HH8: TMB: D:F:5HH: F:59: DS:SX: 3F: 7S |
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