



MUSIC THERAPY AND OLDER ADULTS
WHY MUSIC THERAPY IS BENEFICIAL FOR OLDER ADULTS
WHY MUSIC THERAPY IS BENEFICIAL FOR OLDER ADULTS
• Provides a normalizing and engaging experience
• Natural, familiar, motivating, and non-invasive
• Incorporates preferences meaningful to clients
and carepartners
• Opportunity for appropriate and dignified
sensory and cognitive stimulation
• Uses alternative means of communication,
thinking, self-expression, and interaction
• Simultaneously clinical and creative
• Supported by research (evidence-based)
• Beneficial for those with neurological
challenges like dementia due to the way the
brain processes music
• Provides a normalizing and engaging experience
• Natural, familiar, motivating, and non-invasive
• Incorporates preferences meaningful to clients
and carepartners
• Opportunity for appropriate and dignified
sensory and cognitive stimulation
• Uses alternative means of communication,
thinking, self-expression, and interaction
• Simultaneously clinical and creative
• Supported by research (evidence-based)
• Beneficial for those with neurological
challenges like dementia due to the way the
brain processes music
HOW A MUSIC THERAPIST CAN HELP OLDER ADULTS IN A GROUP SETTING
HOW A MUSIC THERAPIST CAN HELP OLDER ADULTS IN A GROUP SETTING
• Quickly recognizes and assesses needs
• Can adapt to needs/abilities of all group
members for maximum success
• Has specialized training, knowledge and
experience to facilitate optimal participation
•Copes seamlessly and smoothly with changes
in group members
•Creates meaningful and preferred experiences
• Increases social interaction and enhances
quality of life
•Builds group cohesion, pride, and belonging
•Balances needs of all group members
• Find commonalities while honoring differences
• Quickly recognizes and assesses needs
• Can adapt to needs/abilities of all group
members for maximum success
• Has specialized training, knowledge and
experience to facilitate optimal participation
•Copes seamlessly and smoothly with changes
in group members
•Creates meaningful and preferred experiences
• Increases social interaction and enhances
quality of life
•Builds group cohesion, pride, and belonging
•Balances needs of all group members
• Find commonalities while honoring differences