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What a lovely way to finish my day.
Very interesting and motivating presentation. Loved it. thank you.
Every two months we work together as an allied health professional’s community to develop, for you, a national AHP Dementia Webinar where we share the work and practice of allied health professionals in Scotland. Our vision for the webinars is “through working in partnership, we can all improve outcomes for people that really matter”.
Our AHP Dementia webinar at the end of 2023 was called “Music Therapy, Care Home Teams and Dementia”. People came together to join the conversation with music therapy colleagues, sharing learning and impact of using music therapeutically in Care Home Teams, supporting relationships and wellbeing for people with dementia. Our guest presenters were:
Laura Bolton – Music Therapist, Nazareth Care at Nazareth House, Bonnyrigg. (previously at NHS Lothian)
Hazel Stewart – Associate Quality Improvement Advisor, NHS Lothian
Reuben Hodkin – Music Therapist, NHS Lothian
You can WATCH AGAIN; the webinar link is here
This webinar builds on and provides an update to the previous music therapy and dementia webinar that you can also watch again here
Your Q&A
During the webinar, participants asked lots of great questions and today we are posting the replies from our webinar host. Please leave any further comments on this blog post to continue the conversation with you at the end of this blog or email us at AHPDementia@alzscot.org
Question: Is there funding available for weekly sessions in care homes
Answer: Answer: Music therapy is funded by the NHS in some HSCP care homes in East Lothian, but I am not currently aware of music therapy being similarly funded in care homes elsewhere. Typically care homes tend to fund music therapists directly themselves, e.g. Nazareth Care, Barchester, MHA
Question: How do we encourage care home staff to use music rather than it just being for background listening?
Answer: Please see the new online training resource on NHS Lothian, Arts Therapies website https://services.nhslothian.scot/artspsychotherapies/music-in-dementia/
Question: Would be interested to know if you used a scale or tool to measure outcomes?
Answer: Yes, outcomes from group and music therapy sessions were recorded on the Creative Arts Therapies, Session Rating Scale (Expanded version) and questionnaires for staff were designed for use at the beginning and end of the project to establish any changes in perception and behaviour regarding the use of music in dementia care.
We invited you all at the end of the webinar to share something you will take away from today’s webinar and use in your practice, or life, or going forward. Here is a selection of your replies. We wish you every success in following up your ideas and inspirations that you shared with us.
Consider types of music, think about using this in own rehab with patients where appropriate. Would love to find a local music therapist to get some advice on this. Will also Keep in mind the concept of ‘procedural memory’ as I see that often but didn’t have the technical name for it.
Therapeutic music and music therapy are wonderful resources for people living with dementia and more use and awareness of this needed.
The importance of using music therapy at times of stress/distress
Link to resources and further reading.
Encouraging families to use music at times of stress or distress if appropriate.
scale that is being shared could be of value.
Getting personal care and other activities of daily living can be less challenging when I incorporate music before and during sessions with people living with dementia.
Encouraging music engagement within care homes I visit and using the existing resources and knowledge within care homes to support development.
Try to use music more to help encourage residents to participate.
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