Music Management

... work in progress ...

Several studies about non-pharmacological interventions to prevent people with dementia from wandering already exist. By engaging PwD in social activities, navigation and monitoring technology, or environmental modifications, it has been tested if PwD could be prevented from wandering and getting lost [1].

 Also activities using music where tested in former studies. Lancioni et. al. (2011) found out, that during activities like coloring or listening to music, PwDs tend to start wandering less than if they did not perform these activities [3]. Non the less, these social activities can not reliably prevent wandering at all time. In case the activities do not distract PwD enough and he/she still heads to the exit door these methods are powerless to prevent them from leaving.

In our project, we are going to make use of the positive effects on mood and emotion of music as well. The difference is, that the music
will only be used in the case a person is already trying to leave. 

[1] MacAndrew M, Brooks D, Beattie E., NonPharmacological interventions for managing wandering in the community: A narrative review of the evidence base. Health Soc Care Community. 2019;27:306–319. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12590

[2] Peeters M.M., Harbers M, Neerincx M A., Designing a personal music assistant that enhances the social,
cognitive, and affective experiences of people with dementia. Computers in Human Behavior. 2016;63:727 - 737 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.06.003

[3] Lancioni, G. E., Perilli, V., Singh, N. N., O’Reilly, M. F., & Cassano, G., A man with severe Alzheimer’s disease stops wandering during a picture colouring activity. Developmental Neurorehabilitation. 2011 14(4), 242–246. https://doi.org/10.3109/17518423.2011.575439