Music Therapy for Older Adults: Promoting Wellbeing, Health Outcomes, and Cost-Effectiveness
Edited by Elsa Campbell Edited by Thomas Wosch Edited by Jeanette Tamplin
Paperback (Published)
(July 2025)
ISBN: 9783752008876
6.69 x 9.45 inches
Price: $38.00
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This book presents innovative, evidence-based music therapy models and music-based strategies to support people with dementia and their caregivers. Emerging from the international MUSE-CARE project and featuring interdisciplinary contributions from German and Australian experts and early career researchers, the book spans research, clinical practice, health economy, and policy, targeting professionals, caregivers, and researchers alike. Emphasising flexibility, transferability, and empowerment, it underscores the potential for music-based strategies to improve the care of people with dementia and late life depression and enhance quality of life across cultures and settings.
Music Therapy for Older Adults – Promoting Wellbeing, Health Outcomes, and Cost-effectiveness, edited by Elsa Campbell, Thomas Wosch, and Jeanette Tamplin, introduces innovative models of music therapy and music-based strategies designed to support people with dementia, as well as their formal and informal caregivers.Resulting from the international MUSE-CARE project (Music Empowerment of Caregivers) and funded by the DAAD-PPP Australia programme (German Academic Exchange Service; Federal Ministry of Education and Research; Universities Australia), this unique volume showcases a rich partnership between German and Australian experts. Each chapter pairs authors from both countries writing on one main outcome, highlighting a global and interdisciplinary perspective on dementia care.The dual focus of the book sets it apart: it not only introduces cutting-edge research and practical approaches, but also traces the academic journeys of the early-career researchers involved. From doctoral theses to post-doctoral work and tenure-track positions, the chapters reflect a dynamic and evolving field shaped by sustained international collaboration with professors and experts in the field. Covering a range of disciplines including music therapy, geriatric nursing, geriatric psychiatry, health economics, nursing science, and (music) geragogy, this collection introduces innovative interventions. These are delivered by trained music therapists or as music therapy-informed strategies delivered by formal and informal caregivers. The chapters are tailored to diverse audiences and cover various fields, highlighting the span of the field: Music therapists and healthcare professionals will find evidence-based frameworks for interventions, including insights related to the various stages of dementia; policy-makers and healthcare administrators will benefit from models and analyses of cost-effectiveness and implications for healthcare systems; researchers and students of music therapy, nursing science, and related fields will appreciate the methodological reflections and real-world applications and impact of interdisciplinary research; formal and informal caregivers will discover adaptable, music-based strategies suitable for home and institutional settings. Finally, all chapters encapsulate the intercultural aspects and differences in interventions and models.This book contributes meaningfully to a broader discourse on gerontology and dementia care. It emphasises the flexibility, empathy, and empowerment of people with dementia and their caregivers, offering a compelling vision of how music can connect and support across professions, generations, and cultures, thereby improving care and quality of life for older adults around the world.
- Edited by Elsa Campbell
- Edited by Thomas Wosch
- Edited by Jeanette Tamplin
Other Titles in this Series
Klangbrücken
Musiktherapie in der häuslichen Versorgung von Menschen mit Demenz – ein Leitfaden für die Praxis
»Lärmende Stille im Kopf«
Musiktherapie in der Psychiatrie. 14. Musiktherapietagung am Freien Musikzentrum München e. V. (4. bis 5. März 2006)
Die Stimme in der Musiktherapie
20. Musiktherapietagung am Freien Musikzentrum München e. V. (3. bis 4. März 2012)
Musik- und Hörtherapie bei Tinnitus und Hyperakusis
Eine musikmedizinisch-hörtherapeutische Untersuchung
Hochsensibel im pädagogischen Berufsalltag
Praxistipps und Informationen für hochsensible Menschen in pädagogischen und sozialen Berufen
Zu den Anfängen der Musiktherapie in Deutschland
Mentorenkurs Musiktherapie Herdecke. Rückblick und Ausblick
Krankheit – Trauer – Wandlung
Musiktherapie mit schwer kranken Kindern, Jugendlichen und ihren Eltern
Die systemische Perspektive in der Musiktherapie
31. Musiktherapie-Tagung am Freien Musikzentrum München e. V. (4.–5. März 2023)
Musiktherapie bei Kindern mit Autismus
Musik-, Bewegungs- und Sprachspiele zur Behandlung gestörter Sinnes- und Körperwahrnehmung (mit DVD zum EBQ-Instrument)
Wenn der Spielraum verloren geht
Zum Belastungserleben von Eltern geistig behinderter Kinder und zum kurativen Potential der Musiktherapie
Leben ist Bewegung ist Musik
Entwicklungen und Konzepte der Wiener Rhythmik an der Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien
BewegtSein
Integrative Bewegungs- und Leibtherapie. Erlebnisaktivierung und Persönlichkeitsentwicklung
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