Music-Assisted Bathing: Making Shower Time Easier for People with Dementia
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Suzanne Fitzsimmons, Research Associate for the GWEP (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: It is estimated that 90% of nursing home residents need assistance with bathing. The purpose of this article is to describe a music-assisted care technique that can be used by caregivers when bathing nursing home residents with dementia. Research suggests that music has many therapeutic benefits for people with dementia. Using music to soothe anxiety can be an effective intervention to assist with lessening of agitation during activities of daily living, especially bathing. This article will provide nursing and direct care staff tools to successfully conduct the music-assisted bathing protocol. Consideration for choosing appropriate music for bathing, the creation of individualized personalized playlists, and acknowledgement of desired outcomes are presented. Incorporating music-assisted bathing may address neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia by lessening agitation and improving mood, which in turn can increase job satisfaction.
Music-Assisted Bathing: Making Shower Time Easier for People with Dementia
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Journal of Gerontological Nursing, 40(2), 9-13
- Language: English
- Date: 2014
- Keywords
- Nursing, Older Adults, Gerontological Nursing, Music Assisted Care , Music Assisted Bathing, Dementia