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Webinars
Arts Interventions in Dementia Care - Emily Cousins
Singing and the Brain - Dr. Justine Schneider
New Hope for Alzheimer's - Dr. Lee Bartel
Developing a Best Music Practice Model to Promote “Musical Health” for Persons Living with Dementia - Dr. Laurel Young
- RECORDED WEBINAR - Developing a Best Music Practice Model to Promote “Musical Health” for Persons Living with Dementia
- Developing a Best Music Practice Model to Promote “Musical Health” for Persons Living with Dementia PDF
Singing & the Brain - Dr. Justine Schneider
Music & Dementia Care - Robin Rio
Music & Dementia - Dan Cohen
Making Meaningful Connections: Music in Dementia Care - Bev Foster
- RECORDED WEBINAR - Making Meaningful Connections: Music in Dementia Care
- Dementia Webinar Slides with Speaker Notes PDF
- Dementia Resources PDF
- SMILE Brochure PDF
Music for Life: risk, empathy and creativity - Julian West
- RECORDED WEBINAR - Music for Life: risk, empathy and creativity - Julian West
- Music for Life: risk, empathy and creativity PDF
Blogs
A Music Resource for Dementia Care by Bev Foster
Faces of Music Care Part 4: Alive Inside, Henry and the iPod project by Bev Foster
Faces of Music Care Part 7: Buddy’s Glee Club by Bev Foster
Learn how music connects people with dementia to past by Deb Barlett
Music and Dementia Care: 5 Tips for Caregivers by Bev Foster
Music, Dementia, and Meaningful Moments: a Room 217 staff member’s story by Deb Bartlett
Music program connected to decrease in medication use, fewer behavioural problems for long-term care home residents with dementia by Adriana Fedorowycz
Pathways: helping people with dementia find their voice through song by Bev Foster
The Brain On Music: A Dementia Perspective by Chelsea Mackinnon
The Pathways Singing Program for Memory Care by Bev Foster
Why does music work in dementia care? by Deb Bartlett
Books
Aldridge, D., (ed.) (2000). Music therapy in Dementia care. London, UK: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Baldwin, C., & Capstick, A. (Eds.). (2007). Tom Kitwood on dementia: A reader and critical commentary. Berkshire, EN: Open University Press.
Killick, J., & Craig, C. (2012). Creativity and communication in persons with dementia: A practical guide. London, UK: Jessica Kingsley Publishers.
Snyder, B., (2000). Music and Memory. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
Volicer, L., & Bloom-Charette, L. (Eds.). (1999). Enhancing the quality of life in advanced dementia. Philadelphia, PA: Taylor & Francis.
Articles
Cahill, L. et al, (2004). Adrenergic activation and memory for emotional events. Nature. Oct. 20; 371 (2499):702-4
Clair, A.A. (2002). The effects of music therapy on engagement in family caregiver and care receiver couples with dementia. American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias, 17(5), 286-290.
Cuddy, L., Duffin, J., (2004). Music, memory and Alzheimer’s disease: is music recognition spared in dementia and how can it be assessed? Medical Hypotheses (2005) 64, 229-235.
Kitwood, T. (1997). The experience of dementia. Ageing & Mental Health, 1(1), 13-22.
Kontos, P. & Martin, W. (2013). Embodiment and dementia: Exploring critical narratives of selfhood, surveillance, and dementia care. Dementia, 12(3), 288-302.
McDermott, O., Orrell, M., & Ridder, H.M. (2014). The importance of music for people with dementia: the perspectives of people with dementia, family carers, staff, and music therapists. Aging & Mental Health, 18(6), 706-716.
Osman, S.E., Tischler, V., & Schneider, J. (2014). ‘Singing for the brain’: A qualitative study exploring the health and well-being benefits of singing for people with dementia and their carers. Dementia, 0(0), 1-14
Sarkamo, T., Laitinen, S., Tervaniemi, M., Numminen, A., Kurki, M., & Rantanen, P. (2012). Music, emotion, and dementia: Insight from neuroscientific and clinical research. Music and Medicine, 4(3), 153-162.
Sixsmith, A. & Gibson, G. (2007). Music and the wellbeing of people with dementia. Ageing & Society, 27, 127-145.
Volicer, L. (1997). Goals of care in advanced dementia: comfort, dignity, and psychological well-being. American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 12, (5), 196-197.
Links
Alzheimer Knowledge Exchange Resource Centre
http://brainxchange.ca/public/home.aspx
Alzheimer's Association (USA)
www.alz.org
Alzheimer's Society of Canada
www.alzheimer.ca
Canadian Association of Gerontology
www.cagacg.ca
Canadian Dementia Knowledge Translation Network CDKTN
www.lifeandminds.ca
Murray Alzheimer Research Education Programme MAREP
www.marep.uwaterloo.ca
Raffi's Child Honouring Organization
www.childhonouring.org
The Canadian Health Network
www.canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca
Is sponsored by Health Canada with partnerships of many Canadian health care organizations.
The Central Dementia Network, Toronto
www.dementiatoronto.org
University Health Network
http://www.uhn.ca/