Publication year: 2011
Source: The Arts in Psychotherapy, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 20 July 2011
In Sil, Hong , Min Joo, Choi
This study was to investigate the effects of songwriting oriented activities on the cognitive functions of the aged with dementia. The music therapy program employing songwriting related activities consisted of three stages: stage 1 preparing songwriting for finding preferred songs, stage 2 doing songwriting, and stage 3 reinforcing songwriting. Experiments were carried out with 30 elderly persons housed in a nursing home for 16 weeks. The subjects were divided into the control group and the experimental group, and each group had 15 subjects randomly allocated. The experimental group underwent the songwriting program for 60minutes per week for 16 weeks. MMSE-K…