Thesis
Home-based music therapy assessment for older adults
Master of Arts (M.A.), Drexel University
Sep 2017
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17918/etd-7612
Abstract
In recent years, in response to the socio-economic change in our society, there is an increase in the practice of home-based care for older adults in healthcare. As an allied healthcare profession, the field of music therapy also experienced an increase of demands in providing home-based care. While working with home-based older adults, recognizing the role of both professional and informal caregivers is important because these personal caregivers are instrumental in the overall quality of life by performing daily caretaking tasks for the older adults. In order to understand the challenge a home caregiver may face and to meet the needs of older adults, interdisciplinary professionals must conduct comprehensive home-based assessments and share with the interprofessional healthcare team in order to address a wide array of issues. This thesis includes recommendations for an assessment that is culturally sensitive and includes caregivers, while seeking information about the care recipient's physical, cognitive, functional, and behavioral strengths and needs. Music therapists must approach and document the home-based assessment in a way that not only communicates clinically-relevant findings in written descriptions, but also contributes information that is aligned with the common goals of other professionals working with the care recipients.
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- Title
- Home-based music therapy assessment for older adults
- Creators
- Ginger Chinchieh Lai Kokoszka - DU
- Contributors
- Florence Ierardi (Advisor) - Drexel University (1970-)
- Awarding Institution
- Drexel University
- Degree Awarded
- Master of Arts (M.A.)
- Publisher
- Drexel University; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Number of pages
- vii, 101 pages
- Resource Type
- Thesis
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Creative Arts Therapies; College of Nursing and Health Professions; Drexel University
- Other Identifier
- 7612; 991014632393304721