Music and Memory(TM) at Misericordia Health Centre
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2016-08
Authors
Blanchard, Laurie
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This document is intended to introduce interested long-term care workers and program managers to the role of music in dementia care, in particular individualized music and the Music and Memory™ program. It describes Music and Memory™ implementation at Misericordia Health Centre, the development of an Observational Checklist designed to capture resident responses to music and the research project we designed to test the Checklist. The document also includes:
A brief literature review on music and dementia
Resources and information on the Music and Memory™ program
Music and Memory™ implementation at MHC
Discussion of the issue of capacity to consent
An analysis of interviews to evaluate the Observational Checklist
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Dementia, Music