A case study on a home-based caregiver-delivered music-with-movement intervention for people with early dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Music has been found to improve sleep and reduce anxiety.

Purpose

This article reports a 78-year-old Chinese female who had been diagnosed with early dementia underwent an 8-week music-with-movement intervention delivered by her husband at home after being trained in a day care center.

Methods

Both the patient and the husband's data were collected through repeated interviews and regular observations.

Conclusion

The results indicated signs of improvement of the patient in terms of sleep quality and depressive symptoms.

SUBMITTER: Lai DL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5600302 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature