My PhD research in dementia care
I’m excited to share the findings from my PhD research exploring home-based music interventions for people living with dementia and their family care partners. My research found some important insights about how people experienced using music at home, including
- Sharing music was helpful and enjoyable
- They benefited from collaborative, personalised and structured facilitation by a music therapist
- Sharing music supported connection to self, music and others
- People learned how to use music intentionally as a resource for wellbeing
- Sharing music supported self-confidence for people living with dementia, and boosted family care partners’ confidence to provide care
- Sharing music didn’t always ‘work’, and it sometimes took time to find what did ‘work
- For some people, when music did ‘work’, it was “instant”, “amazing”, “‘fantastic” and “incredible”.
You can read the full research paper for my main study here.
