Musiktherapie bei Demens-Patienten : Music therapy in dementia care: How can singing influence social engagement?

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Description

In this presentation focus is on the communicative aspects of therapeutic singing in individual music therapy with people suffering from severe dementia. Processing of the human voice is according to Stephen Porges (2001) neurobiologically different from the processing of other acoustic signals. This has an impact on social engagement via hippocampal function, stress-related responses and self-soothing behaviours. The way this understanding is implemented in music therapy is illustrated with video examples from individual therapy in a Scandinavian health care model.
Emneord: musikterapi, sang, demens
Period21 Oct 2009
Event titleBest-Practice-Tag 2009
Event typeConference
OrganiserZukunftsakademie für Niederösterreich
LocationLandes Akademie, AustriaShow on map

Keywords

  • musikterapi
  • sang
  • demens