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Odell-Miller H, Blauth L, Bloska J, Bukowska AA, Clark IN, Crabtree S, Engen RB, Knardal S, Kvamme TK, McMahon K, Petrowitz C, Smrokowska-Reichmann A, Stensæth K, Tamplin J, Wosch T, Wollersberger N, Baker FA. The HOMESIDE Music Intervention: A Training Protocol for Family Carers of People Living with Dementia. Eur J Investig Health Psychol Educ 2022; 12:1812-1832. [PMID: 36547028 PMCID: PMC9778265 DOI: 10.3390/ejihpe12120127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2022] [Revised: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Background: The number of people living with dementia (PwD) worldwide is expected to double every 20 years. Many continue living at home, receiving support from family caregivers who may experience significant stress, simultaneously to that of the PwD. Meaningful and effective home-based interventions to support PwD and their caregivers are needed. The development of a theory- and practice-driven online home-based music intervention (MI) is delivered by credentialed music therapists, nested within the HOMESIDE RCT trial. Methods: Dyads including the PwD and their family carer are randomised to MI, reading (RI) or standard care (SC). MI aims to support health wellbeing and quality of life by training caregivers to intentionally use music (singing, instrument playing, movement/dancing, and music listening) with their family member (PwD) in daily routines. MI is underpinned by cognitive, relational, social, and psychological theories of mechanisms of change. Results: Preliminary sub-cohort results analyses show MI can be delivered and is accepted well by participants and music-therapist interventionists across five countries. Conclusions: The specialist skills of a music therapist through MI enable carers to access music when music therapists are not present, to meet carer and PwD needs. Music therapists embrace this changing professional role, observing therapeutic change for members of the dyads.
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Affiliation(s)
- Helen Odell-Miller
- Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge CB1 1PT, UK
- Correspondence:
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- Music Therapy Lab, Institute for Applied Social Sciences, University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt, 97072 Würzburg, Germany
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- Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge CB1 1PT, UK
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- Institute of Applied Sciences, University of Physical Education in Krakow, 31-571 Krakow, Poland
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- Creative Arts and Music Therapy Research Unit, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge CB1 1PT, UK
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- Centre for Research in Music and Health, Norwegian Academy of Music, 0369 Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Research in Music and Health, Norwegian Academy of Music, 0369 Oslo, Norway
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- Centre for Research in Music and Health, Norwegian Academy of Music, 0369 Oslo, Norway
| | - Kate McMahon
- Creative Arts and Music Therapy Research Unit, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Music Therapy Lab, Institute for Applied Social Sciences, University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt, 97072 Würzburg, Germany
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- Centre for Research in Music and Health, Norwegian Academy of Music, 0369 Oslo, Norway
| | - Jeanette Tamplin
- Creative Arts and Music Therapy Research Unit, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Music Therapy Lab, Institute for Applied Social Sciences, University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt, 97072 Würzburg, Germany
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- Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge CB1 1PT, UK
| | - Felicity A. Baker
- Creative Arts and Music Therapy Research Unit, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
- Centre for Research in Music and Health, Norwegian Academy of Music, 0369 Oslo, Norway
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