1st Edition
You Bring Out the Music in Me Music in Nursing Homes
By D Rosemary Cassano
Copyright 1987
144 Pages
by
Routledge
144 Pages
by
Routledge
144 Pages
by
Routledge
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An enlightening book, You Bring Out the Music in Me, explores how music motivates, enriches, touches, relaxes, and energizes the elderly in nursing homes. Practicing music therapists explain how music “speaks” to all of us, regardless of our language, culture, or abilities and how it can be used with groups and individuals in nursing homes to encourage relaxation and expression of... Read more
Contents Introduction
- Music Therapy: Its Historical Relationships and Value in Programs for the Long-Term Care Setting
- A Justification of Music Therapy in the Nursing Home Setting
- Music and Dance: Tools for Reality Orientation
- Music and Movement for the Geriatric Resident
- “Adding Life to the Place”: Musical Activities in the Nursing Home
- English Handbells in Nursing Homes
- Music and Reminiscence: For Groups and Individuals
- The Use of Music Therapy as an Individualized Activity
- Music Therapy and Hospice Care
- Music as Sleep Therapy
- Resource List
Biography
Beckie Karras
