On this Senior Residing LIVE! webinar, we sit down with a pair of music therapists to debate the impression that music has on cognition and reminiscence, and to present a sneak peek into our webinar, Senior Residing LIVE! The Energy of Music Remedy. Licensed and nationally board licensed music therapists Allison Lockhart and Hannah Rhinehart from The George Heart Basis be a part of us to look at the connection between reminiscence and music and assist us discover the advantages of Music Remedy, together with:
- Assuaging and lowering stress
- Rising focus and focus
- Enhancing reminiscence and mind stimulation
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Video Transcript
– Howdy everybody and welcome into Senior Residing Dwell. My title is Melissa. We’re so glad you possibly can be a part of us at present through video and through podcast. We’re previewing our upcoming webinar, August twenty fourth, entitled the Energy of Music Remedy. It begins at midday Japanese, and we can have not one however two company presenters, Allison Lockhart and Hannah Rhinehart. Allison joins me now. Good to see you this morning, how are you Allison?
– Hey Melissa, I am wonderful. Thanks for having me at present.
– Yeah, completely. Effectively, I believe that this is a superb matter. It’s not one thing that is all the time high of thoughts for individuals in terms of music, proper? And the ways in which it could assist us, however as we age music can assist so many various individuals in so many various methods. And naturally, we’re gonna dive into that in our dialog however first, inform us a little bit bit about your self.
– Sure, completely. So I’m a Board Licensed Music Therapist and within the state of Georgia you additionally must be a licensed practising music therapist. I did each my undergrad and my grasp’s diploma in music remedy. So it’s an precise undergraduate discipline and profession. And I work on the George Heart Basis in Roswell, Georgia. And we serve quite a lot of neurologic developmental and neurodegenerative issues at our clinic. We have been round for over 10 years and in addition as a 501 nonprofit. We concentrate on elevating funds for people locally who in any other case couldn’t afford these providers as properly.
– Oh, that’s unbelievable. I like to listen to that. Now we all know that music is one thing that offers us pleasure. It offers us enjoyment, however music remedy can assist individuals in numerous alternative ways. I need you to inform me a little bit bit concerning the origins of music remedy. When did it begin? The place did it come from?
– Sure, completely. So basically music has actually been round as a instrument for medication because the starting of time. In the event you suppose again to the music man, he was utilizing medication. So even individuals in historic civilization noticed this energy of it. And as extra data and information about how music impacts the mind, the thoughts, your feelings, the physique grew music started for use in a extra scientific apply and approach. So after World Conflict II, when numerous veterans had been coming again they developed the primary music remedy program to help these veterans with their post-traumatic stress dysfunction PTSD. In order that’s when music remedy actually began as a extra evidence-based apply and discipline, and the primary undergraduate program was developed after that and so since then we’ve simply continued to develop as a occupation and develop in our analysis on the George Heart we’re all in neurologic music therapist, that means we’ve an additional certification now and figuring out precisely how music is impacting the mind. So with this new expertise, we have seen how music can change the mind and the sector has simply grown from there.
– Oh, that is fantastic. And we’re hoping for an increasing number of breakthroughs on that finish for certain particularly in terms of our seniors who’ve or fighting dementia or Alzheimer’s. And we’ll discuss that right here as properly. And I believe that is we’re gonna get lots of people tuning into this webinar hoping to seek out some solutions or some methods to assist on that finish. Now, one fascinating undeniable fact that I learn is that music can assist communication talents for older adults who’ve difficulties with verbal communication. Have you ever seen this and the way does that work?
– Sure, completely. I’ve seen it. I’ve a accomplished numerous work with people with dementia and really to present you an instance, I had one older gentleman that was in a facility and he was receiving group music remedy from me. And he’d been at that facility for a few 12 months and a half. And nobody there had heard him communicate a single phrase till I got here in and we had been doing music remedy and we had been singing a music from his younger grownup years that was very highly effective to him. And abruptly he sang alongside a whole verse and refrain with me and it triggered that communication. And what that’s how that’s working, is music is without doubt one of the solely pure issues that’s processed by your entire mind. It is a complete mind course of. Whereas a few of our speech and communication facilities are particularly for expressive communication, the verbal communication is absolutely principally focused in a single space of the mind. Effectively, if that space of the mind is impacted, music can use completely different channels and completely different routes and form of rewire the mind a little bit bit. We have now this philosophy referred to as neuroplasticity which simply says that the mind can change and develop. Music truly is thought to have the ability to try this as a result of it is one of many solely pure issues that releases a hormone referred to as dopamine and that creates extra connections within the mind. So once we’re capable of create extra connections within the mind and reroute these communication facilities to different areas of the mind, we are able to then set off extra communication that approach and form of divert away from the extra impacted areas of the mind that are not may not be firing accurately.
– Yeah, wonderful. And that is nice data that I do not suppose lots of people are conscious of definitely. Yeah so how does music remedy assist with total cognitive from an total cognitive standpoint? And I additionally will ask earlier than it hits cognitive decline for some individuals are you able to possibly forestall that with music remedy?
– Yeah, in order that’s our largest aim once we’re working particularly with older adults from a cognitive standpoint is to keep up reminiscence particularly and on these consideration abilities for so long as attainable. And our analysis does present that we are able to forestall or delay the realm earlier than we see that decline occur. You recognize it could’t remedy it endlessly, very like we haven’t any drug or medication that may forestall it endlessly however it could assist preserve these abilities for an extended time frame, for certain. And particularly we use music lot by way of reminiscence with people with dementia, as a result of we all know that that is an enormous one to concentrate on and we’ve a terrific instrument with music and that’s been used since our childhood to assist us bear in mind data. Music we study by means of grouping data collectively and thru repetition, very like we study a telephone quantity, you group it into chunks and also you say it. So from childhood you study your ABCs to music otherwise you study the Fifty Nifty United States to a musical data as a result of the melody and the rhythm function form of a cue, a set off to your mind to assist bear in mind data. So in terms of older adults we can assist them with remembering a grocery record or their morning routine or the names of their members of the family. So we’ve a music therapist that is working individually with an older grownup proper now to assist her bear in mind her members of the family and preserving that data recent and it has been fantastic to see how that has assisted not simply her high quality of life however the high quality of life for her household unit as properly which is so vital.
– Yeah and so once we can have this webinar we’ve viewers who love to hitch our webinars each month. We have now two month-to-month we see them each month and each webinar they usually do wish to ask questions. So on that finish whenever you discuss it serving to somebody, if someone is in search of a approach to assist a liked one who possibly has dementia, will they be capable to get some ideas from this webinar?
– Sure, completely. We can be offering numerous ideas and methods for you particular methods that you need to use at residence to assist with all the talents we have talked about from communication to reminiscence, to consideration and cognition and to temper regulation as properly.
– Okay, good, good. So when you’re watching otherwise you’re listening through podcast write this stuff down be sure you RSVP as a way to be part of this dialog. Now, as we begin to wrap up right here if somebody seems like this may assist them or a liked one what are a few of the first steps that someone can take to seek out someone who focuses on music remedy?
– Sure, completely. So if you’re within the Georgia space and even outdoors of Georgia space as a result of now with this previous 12 months we had been providing telehealth providers to individuals all throughout the nation now, yow will discover us @thegeorgecenter.com and there can be a type proper there the place you may request a session with us and we are able to present you extra data to particularly how we’d be capable to present providers for you. And when you would favor to not have telehealth and you’re in a special state or space, you may go to musictherapy.org which is our nationwide group’s web site. They usually have a discover a music therapist search the place they’re going to offer you a listing of all of the credential music therapists in your space.
– Wonderful. And I am actually trying ahead to discovering out and I do know you’ve got highly effective examples of individuals that you’ve got labored with that you would be able to share with us throughout this webinars. So we do not wanna give the entire webinar away, however we do wanna avoid wasting issues for the webinar however I am actually trying ahead to listening to these tales and I do know others are as properly.
– Completely.
– So-
– We’re excited to share them with you, thanks.
– Yeah Allison Lockhart you can be there with Hannah Rhinehart as properly. Our dynamic duo for our webinar which is scheduled for August twenty fourth, we look ahead to seeing you then.
– Thanks a lot. We’re trying ahead to it.
– Thanks. Now if you wish to register for this webinar please head on over to www.seniorlivinglive.com. The webinar is free. They’re all free. And as with all of our webinars we wish you to be part of the dialog each Allison and Hannah as I discussed, we’ll be obtainable to reply all your questions. You positively need to reap the benefits of this chance. As soon as once more, the webinar known as the Energy of Music Remedy, August twenty fourth at midday, we will not wait to see you then. Have a terrific day everyone.