@article{ref1,
title="Brief In-Service Training in Music Therapy for Activity Aides: Increasing Engagement of Persons with Dementia in Rhythm Activities",
journal="Activities, adaptation and aging",
year="2001",
author="Mathews, R. Mark and Clair, Alicia A. and Kosloski, Karl",
volume="24",
number="4",
pages="41-49",
abstract="This study analyzed the effects of a brief in-service training workshop designed to teach activity aides how to use music therapy techniques. Sixteen persons with dementia, living in a nursing home special care unit, served as the research participants. Results showed that training conducted with activity aides significantly increased resident engagement with rhythm instruments in both one-on-one interactions and in group activity situations. Similar increases were observed in residents with a range of cognitive impairments. These results suggest that this intervention offers a potentially promising approach that indigenous staff can use to engage residents with dementia in purposeful activities.<p />",
language="",
issn="0192-4788",
doi="10.1300/J016v24n04_04",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/J016v24n04_04"
}