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September 16-17, 2019 | Paris, France
Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease
13
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World Congress on
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry and Cognitive Psychology | Volume: 03
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Personalized playlists for people with Dementia: The development of best-practice
guidelines for music use
Sandra Garrido
Western Sydney University, Australia
P
ersonalized music playlists are increasingly being
utilized in health-care settings to reduce the severity of
the behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia.
However, contrary to popular perceptions, music is not
the universally positive ‘cure-all’ that many believe it to
be. People with dementia are particularly vulnerable to
negative effects from listening to music, such as increased
agitation or depression, particularly if they have a history
of mood regulation disorders. In a series of experiments we
were able to identify how particular features of music such
as the tempo and mode (key) influence affective states
of people with dementia. In collaboration with aged care
workers, home based carers, and other stakeholders, we
have developed a set of best-practice guidelines based on
our findings to help carers of people with dementia select
music in more strategic ways. This presentation will discuss
the development of the guidelines and preliminary results
from its trial in aged care facilities and home care settings.
Our findings indicate that in addition to accounting for
personal preferences, music for people with dementia
needs to be carefully targeted towards the affective
outcome desired while taking other mental health factors
into account.
Speaker Biography
Sandra Garrido is an NHMRC-ARC Dementia Research Development
Fellow at the MARCS Institute for Brain, Behaviour & Development
at Western Sydney University. She has a background in both music
and psychology. Her work focuses on translational research involving
arts in health contexts, in particular with people with dementia and
depression. She has authored over 70 academic publications including
a book entitled
Why We Are Attracted to Sad Music? (2017)
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e:
s.garrido@westernsydney.edu.au