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Tag Archives: Distraction Therapy
The Diversionary Value of Music Playlists for Patients With Dementia in Accident and Emergency Settings (Nurses.co.uk / BBC News)
Summary A recent small-scale trial based at NHS Fife indicates that music playlists used on A&E wards can have a calming effect for most elderly dementia patients, offering potential to reduce agitation and distress without resort to medication. Full Text … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Charitable Bodies, Commissioning, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Scotland, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Accident and Emergency, Accident and Emergency Departments, Accident and Emergency Wards, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospital Nurses, Acute Hospitals, Adam Daly: Chairman of Old Age Faculty at Royal College of Psychiatrists in Scotland, Ageing Population, Agitation, Alternatives to Medication for Agitation, Alzheimer Scotland, Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Nurse Consultants, BBC Scotland News, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Benefits of Music for People With Dementia, Dementia and Music, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Care in the Acute Hospital, Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Dementia in General Hospital Inpatients, Dementia-Related Agitation, Digital Music Streaming, Digital Technology, Distraction Therapy, Distressed Behaviour, Diversionary Uses of Music, East Scotland, Efficacy of Music Therapy, Emotional and Psychological Wellbeing, Fife, Helen Skinner: Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Nurse Consultant, Hospital Accident and Emergency Departments, Individual Music Therapy, Managing Agitation, Managing Psychological and Behavioural Distress in People with Dementia, Matt Farrah: Co-Founder of Nurses.co.uk, MP3 Music, Music Distraction Therapy, Music Playlists, Music Playlists for Patients With Dementia in Accident and Emergency, Music Playlists for Persons With Dementia, Music Therapy, Music Therapy and Dementia, Music Therapy for BPSD, Music-Based Therapeutic Interventions, Musical Interventions, NHS Fife, Non-Pharmacological Management of Symptoms, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Non-Pharmacological Treatments for BPSD, Nurses.co.uk, Playlist for Life, Playlist for Life (Nesta backed by Glasgow Caledonian University), Preferred Music, Psychological and Emotional Wellbeing, Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Psychological Wellbeing, Psychotropic Drug Cessation, Reducing Agitation and Distress, Reducing Avoidable Harm, Reducing Inappropriate Polypharmacy, Reducing Inappropriate Use of Antipsychotics in Dementia, Sarah Metcalfe: Chief Executive at Playlist for Life, University of Abertay
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Exploring the Value and Benefits of Music for People With Dementia (ILC-UK / Commission on Dementia and Music)
Summary A report from the International Longevity Centre UK covers the potential roles of therapeutic music services, and digital music streaming technologies, for people living with dementia. “If music publishers and streaming platforms could make music available for free or … Continue reading →
Posted in Statistics, Universal Interest
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Tagged Abnormal Vocalisations, Active Engagement, Activities and Engagement, Ageing Population, Ageing With Dementia, Aggressive Behaviour, Aging and Mental Health, Agitation and Aggression, Alexia Quin: Music as Therapy International, All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Art Health and Wellbeing, Allied Health Professions (AHPs), Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Connect Tool, Ambassador for Dementia and Music (Proposal}, Anxiety and Depression, Arts Council England, Arts Therapies, Awareness Raising, Baroness Sally Greengross: Chief Executive of the International Longevity Centre UK, Beatie Wolfe, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Behavioural Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, Benefits of Music for People With Dementia, Brain Plasticity, British Association for Music Therapy, British Association for Music Therapy (BAMT), Building Dementia Friendly Communities, Care Homes, Care of Older People Living in Care Homes, Commission on Dementia and Music, Community Singing, Community Singing Projects, Community-Based Arts and Health interventions, Cortical Plasticity, Creative Health: The Arts for Health and Wellbeing (National Alliance for Arts Health and Wellbeing), Cultural Commissioning, Dementia and Music, Dementia Friendly Communities Programme, Dementia-Care Resource Trolleys, Dementia-Focused Singing Groups, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Digital Interventions, Digital Music Streaming, Digital Technology, Distraction Therapy, Distraction Therapy in the Recovery Room, Emerging Technology, Emotional and Psychological Wellbeing, Engagement, Forget-Me-Not Chorus, Found in Music, Happiness and Wellbeing, Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), ILC-UK: International Longevity Centre UK, Improving the Quality of Life for People with Long Term Conditions, Integrated Personal Commissioning (IPC), International Longevity Centre, International Longevity Centre UK (ILC-UK), JoCo Learning and Development, Kent And Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, Live Music Now, Live Music Now (LMN), Living Well with Dementia, Local Dementia Friendly Communities, Local Dementia Strategies, Lost Chord, Manchester Camerata’s Music in Mind Project, Martin Green: Care England, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Relationships, Mental Wellbeing, Mental Wellbeing and Older People, Mindsong, Mood and Engagement, Music as Therapy International, Music Distraction Therapy, Music for Life (Wigmore Hall), Music for the Moment, Music in Care Homes, Music in Hospitals and Care (MiHC), Music Streaming Platforms, Music Therapists, Music Therapy, Music Therapy for BPSD, Music-Based Therapeutic Interventions, Musical Memories Choir, Musical Moments, National Alliance for Arts Health and Wellbeing, National Arts and Health Alliance, Neuroplasticity, Neuroprotection, Neuroprotective Lifestyles, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Participation, Patient Engagement, Patient Involvement, Patient Participation, Performing Arts, Peri-Operative Care of the Elderly, Perioperative Care, Personal Health Budgets (PHBs), Playlist for Life, Playlist for Life by 2020, Post-Anaesthetic Care, Post-Operative Care, Postoperative Care, Potential Savings, Professor Alistair Burns, Psychological and Emotional Wellbeing, Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Psychological Wellbeing, Psychosocial Interventions, Quality of Life, Quality of Life for People Living in Care Homes, Quality of Life for People With Dementia, Reducing Agitation and Distress, Reducing Violence and Aggression, Sarah Metcalfe: Chief Executive at Playlist for Life, Service Cost Reductions, Sing For Your Life, Singing, Singing and Dementia, Singing For The Brain, Singing Groups, Singing Together Groups, Social Wellbeing, Soundtrack to My Life (STML), Speech and Language Skills (Retention), Spotify (or Amazon Prime) Music Services, Standards of Education and Training (SETs), Standards of Proficiency (SOPs), Targeting Hard-to-Reach Groups, Together in Sound, Utley Foundation, Violence and Aggression, Wellbeing in Older People, With Music in Mind, World Congress of Music Therapy
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