Implementation of personalized music listening for assisted living residents with dementia

An estimated 5.4 million Americans carry a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease or related dementias (ADRD), and the prevalence is projected to increase to 13.8 million by mid-century with the aging of our population.1 Symptoms of ADRD including agitation, anxiety, apathy, and depression reduce a person's quality of life and increase caregiver burden. Specifically in assisted living facilities (ALF), persons with ADRD can create increased workload for staff with mood changes manifesting as resisting necessary care, verbal outbursts, attempts to leave the facility, or physical aggression.

Source: Geriatric Nursing - May 3, 2018 Category: Nursing Authors: Kelly Murphy, Winston W. Liu, Daniel Goltz, Emma Fixsen, Stephen Kirchner, Janice Hu, Heidi White Source Type: research