Music Therapy

Paper Summary:

Currently, there is no cure for Alzheimer's disease/dementia and it gets progressively worse as the patient continues to age. Despite the lack of a cure, however, there are some treatments that are just coming to light where Alzheimer's disease/dementia is concerned and many of these are alternative treatments, such as music therapy.This paper attempts to determine whether music therapy can improve the quality of life and cognitive function of patients that suffer from Alzheimer's disease/dementia and whether the medications that these individuals take affect this music therapy in any way.

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Statement of the Problem
Research Question
Significance of the Research
Potential Contribution to the Discipline of Nursing
The Appropriateness of the Qualitative Research Approach

From the Paper:

"Music therapy has been used in the past, largely on the elderly population, whether or not these individuals were suffering from Alzheimer's disease or any kind of dementia. A study that was conducted into this issue looked at the effect of calming music, the effect of hand massage, and the effect of both of these things together on a sample population of elderly nursing home residents (Remington, 2002). The results of the study indicated that nonphysical aggressiveness did decrease somewhat during and after the treatments, but that combining the music and the massage had no greater effect than simply using one or the other of the therapies (Remington, 2002). Other studies have also looked at the use of music to control fear, pain, nervousness, and other issues."

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