Music Therapy &Alzheimer Disease

Music Therapy and

Alzheimers Disease

World wide 35million Alzheimers patients

Were reported in 2013

This number estimated to triple by year 2050

Alzheimers disease is global health issue

It has limitations of drug effects.

Alzheimer disease is common type of dementia

It is neurodegenerative disease

characterized by progressive cognitive

Impairment and neuro psychiatric 

Symptoms

Music therapy is a non-pharmacological 

Usability for dementia patients

Music therapy has the potential effects

To reduce cognitive decline ,improve Neuro

Psychiatric symptoms ,and enhance 

Quality of life of Alzheimers

 Music Therapy:

  Important method for neuropsychological

,Cognitive and social behavior goals

In the field of dementia with low cost

Absence of side effects and convenience

To operate for AD and their caregivers.

Music therapy becomes an ideal option

For intervention.

  Prospect of Music Therapy

   For AD

1 Need much more randomised blinded

Trials

2 Music therapy just a complementary

   Therapy 

In the strategy for AD

   

3 Most researchers did not stop anti---dementia

  Drug interventions during Musical therapy.  

Singing is also used for dementia using

Karoke .in 10 Alzheimers patients for 6 month

This therapy improved Neuropsychiatric Symptoms.

  

Ref  Rong Fang, Shengxuan,Ye,,and David

P.Calimag

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