Music and Dementia

Becky Dowson is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research, UK, and a music therapist at Chiltern Music Therapy. Justine Schneider is Emerita Professor of Mental Health and Social Care at the School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham, UK.

• Introduction Section 1: Context IntroductionBecky Dowson 1. Music and dementia in the public consciousness and its relevance to researchBecky Dowson 2. Community singing as a resource in dementia Zara Thompson, Jeannette Tamplin 3 An overview of the impact of music-based interventions in congregate settings for people living with dementia Jelena Golubovic, Martina de Witte & Felicity Baker 4 What does music therapy offer to people living with dementia? A synthesis of case studies Becky Dowson 5 The importance of psychodynamic thinking in music therapy with people with Dementia Rachel Darnley Smith 6 Hearing loss, dementia and musical engagement: key considerations Emma Broome, Emily Woodmansey & Lena BatraSection 2: Methods IntroductionBecky Dowson and Justine Schneider 7 The impossibility of equipoise in research on music and dementia Justine Schneider 8 Neuropsychological and neuroimaging study of physical exercise with music accompaniment for dementia prevention: the Mihama-Kiho project Masayuki Satoh 9 Technological innovations in research and practice – EEG Neurometrics, and hyperscanning data in music therapyJorg Fachner & Clemens Maidhof 10 Reporting Guidelines for Music-Based Interventions Checklist: Explanation and Elaboration GuideSheri Robb, K. Maya Story, Elizabeth Harman, Debra S. Burns, Joke Bradt, Emmeline Edwards, Tasha Golden, Christian Gold, John. R. Iversen, Assal Habibi, Julene K. Johnson, Miriam Lense, Susan M. Perkins 11 Designing Impactful Music-based Intervention Studies: The National Institutes of Health Music Based Interventions (NIH MBI) Toolkit Emmeline Edwards, Wen Chen, Coryse St. Hillaire-Clarke, Melinda Kelley, Kaitlin Heimke Kirkpatrick, Caroline Sferrazza Section 3: Impact IntroductionJustine Schneider 12 Inspiring caregivers in India to embed music into the culture of caregiving through Music Helps’ accessible training Elsa Hariades, Alexia Quin, Nina Cherla, Pavithra Gangadharan 13 Training caregivers: music therapy skill sharing and building capacity Orii McDermott 14 Challenges to the implementation of music research in practice Ming Hung Hsu15 Embedding musical care in everyday settings Bev Foster 16 Delivering the power of music strategically: what policymakers and planners need to knowGrace Meadows