Music therapy in dementia care : more new voices / edited by David Aldridge.

London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2000.

256 pages : music ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-245) and indexes.

1. Overture: It's Not What You Do But the Way That You Do It / David Aldridge -- 2. An Overview of the Music Therapy Literature Relating to Elderly People / Melissa Brotons -- 3. Working with Words: People with Dementia and the Significance of Narratives / Trisha Kotai-Ewers -- 4. The Importance of Singing with Elderly Patients / Alicia Ann Clair -- 5. The Problem of Agitation in Elderly People and the Potential Benefit of Music Therapy / Annemiek Vink -- 6. A Survey of Music Therapy Practice with Elderly People in the Netherlands / Annemiek Vink -- 7. Improvisation as an Assessment of Potential in Early Alzheimer's Disease / Gudrun Aldridge -- 8. Creative Music Therapy: A Last Resort? / Fraser Simpson -- 9. Remembering and Forgiving / Susan Weber -- 10. Working with Images and Recollection with Elderly Patients / Concetta M. Tomaino -- 11. We'll Survive: An Experiential View of Dance Movement Therapy for People with Dementia / Marion Violets.