Alzheimer's Music Stimulation

Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible neurodegenerative disease that causes deterioration of cognitive and behavioral functions in individuals usually over the age of 60. While there is no cure for this disease, there is a wide range of treatments and care. Therefore, doctors and caregivers are constantly working on uncovering the best treatment for this disease. This study focuses on the effects of response-related music stimulation versus general music stimulation on positive participation in patients with Alzheimer’s disease. The researchers outlined positive participation as singing, rhythmic movements, and smiling. Eleven Alzheimer’s patients participated in the study, all falling into a severe stage of the disease. The participants sat at a table during the five-minute sessions, which involved active or passive music stimulation or no music stimulation. The patients had either pressure devices on the table which could be activated with a simple push of their hand, mini shock absorber devices on the back of their hand which activated when clapping, or vibration devices on that that could be activated by tapping on the table. In the response-related
The others did not show a difference between the two conditions. Therefore, from this study, researchers can conclude that the use of response-related music stimulation may be beneficial for everyday treatment for individuals with Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s is a disease that mostly everyone can relate to in one way or another. It is very difficult to watch a love one degenerate over time and lose certain functions. Therefore, I believe that any treatment that may be beneficial for the patient is important. Not only would this music stimulation therapy be advantageous for the patients, it would be equally valuable for the