Musical life review for the elderly with dementia as spiritual care¡ªClinical functions and roles of meaningful or memorable songs

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• 作者：Masako Otera ; Hiroko Horike ; Takamasa Saito
• 关键词：Music therapy ; Dementia ; Spiritual care ; Life review
• 刊名：The Arts in Psychotherapy
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：July, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：40
• 期：3
• 页码：285-290
• 全文大小：183 K

文摘

Life review with music activities such as singing and listening to clients¡¯ meaningful or memorable songs is a commonly practiced technique in various clinical settings. In the current paper, two case studies of life review with two Japanese elderly women with dementia were presented. We used a theoretical framework called ¡°Musical Life Review¡± model () to analyze the functions of clients¡¯ meaningful or memorable songs used during life review sessions. Furthermore, we determined spiritual needs displayed by clients with Murata's theoretical model (), which is intended to clarify the structure of spiritual pain. Clinical values and functional meanings of musical life review for people with dementia were also discussed.