Join music therapist Amy Standridge, MM, MT-BC, as she conducts a music therapy group session. Amy has been a board certified music therapist since the year 2000.

Resources:

American Music Therapy Association (AMTA), https://www.musictherapy.org/

Oak Song Music Therapy and Consulting Services, http://oaksongmusictherapy.com/

Ukulele Ladies & Gents,

Grace Notes Community Choir, http://oaksongmusictherapy.com/servic...

References:

Clair, A., & Bernstein, B. (1990). A comparison of singing, vibrotactile, and nonvibrotactile instrumental playing responses in severely regressed persons with dementia of the Alzheimer’s type. Journal of Music Therapy, 27(3): 119-125.

Clair, A.A., Bernstein, B.B., Johnson, G. (1995). Rhythm playing characteristics in persons with severe dementia including those with probably Alzheimer’s type. Journal of Music Therapy 32(2), 113-131.

Clair, A. A. (1996). The effect of singing on alert responses in persons with late stage dementia. Journal of Music Therapy, 33(4), 234-247.

Holmes, C., Knights, A., Dean, C., Hodkinson, S., & Hopkins, V. (2006) Keep music live: music and the alleviation of apathy in dementia subjects. International Psychogeriatrics, 18(4): 623-630.

Keeler, J., Roth, E., Neuser, B., Spitsbergen, J., Waters, D., Vianney, J. (2015). The neurochemistry and social flow of singing: bonding and oxytocin. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience.

Sung H.-C., Lee W.-L, Li T.-L., & Watson, R. A group music intervention using percussion instruments with familiar music to reduce anxiety and agitation of institutionalized older adults with dementia. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 2012;27(6):621–627.