Influence of Caregiver Singing and Background Music on Posture, Movement, and Sensory Awareness in Dementia Care

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 411-430

  Götell, Eva ^a,b,d   Brown, Steven ^a,c   Ekman, Sirkka Liisa ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d Ctr Excellence Elderly Care Res   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Background music; Caregiver singing; Dementia; Movement; Posture; Qualitative methods; Sensory awareness; Spatial awareness

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSTURE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MUSIC; PATIENT CARE; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SINGING; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEORECORDING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSIC THERAPY; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORIENTATION; POSTURE; SWEDEN; VOICE;

EID: 0442309309     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610203009657     Document Type: Article

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