Case Study: Individual Music Therapy With an Elderly Man in a Residential Care Setting
Journal
New Zealand Journal of Music Therapy
Year
2018
Abstract
This case study describes the processes involved in the development of a relationship between a student music therapist and John, a 69-year-old man who lives in the hospital wing of a home for the elderly. As a result of a cerebrovascular accident (also known as stroke), John's physical and verbal abilities were severely limited and he had become very isolated and withdrawn. Over the course of the student music therapist's placement, John was engaged in eleven 20-40 minute music therapy sessions that encouraged communication and improvement in overall wellbeing. Both the student music therapist and the facility staff noted improvements in John's general wellbeing and socialisation, and made links between these and music therapy.
Music and Health Institute Terms
Elderly; Long-Term Care Facility; Mental Health ((Outcome)); Music Therapy; Social Isolation; Stroke; Wellness and Well-Being ((Outcome))
Indexed Terms
Communication; Handbooks; Mental depression; Neurology; New York; New Zealand; Old age; Older people; Psychology; Rehabilitation; Residential care; Skills; Socialization; Stroke; Therapists; Therapy Sessions; Traumatic brain injury; Well-being
Study Type
Case-Control Study; Qualitative Methods
Document Type
Article
Recommended Citation
Lowery, O. E. (2018). Case Study: Individual Music Therapy With an Elderly Man in a Residential Care Setting. New Zealand Journal of Music Therapy, 16, 95-113. Retrieved from https://remix.berklee.edu/mhi-citations/1544