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Online singing groups for people with dementia: scoping review (2021)
Journal Article
Dowson, B., & Schneider, J. (2021). Online singing groups for people with dementia: scoping review. Public Health, 194, 196-201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.03.002

Objectives In the face of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, people with dementia and their carers are contending with serious challenges to their health and wellbeing, due to risk of severe illness, limiting of social contact and disruption to usual activi... Read More about Online singing groups for people with dementia: scoping review.

Digital Approaches to Music-Making for People With Dementia in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Current Practice and Recommendations (2021)
Journal Article
Dowson, B., Atkinson, R., Barnes, J., Barone, C., Cutts, N., Donnebaum, E., …Schneider, J. (2021). Digital Approaches to Music-Making for People With Dementia in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Current Practice and Recommendations. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, Article 625258. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.625258

Before COVID-19, dementia singing groups and choirs flourished, providing activity, cognitive stimulation, and social support for thousands of people with dementia in the UK. Interactive music provides one of the most effective psychosocial intervent... Read More about Digital Approaches to Music-Making for People With Dementia in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic: Current Practice and Recommendations.

Pilot Randomised Evaluation of Singing in Dementia (PRESIDE): protocol for a two-arm, parallel group randomised controlled feasibility study with waiting-list control (2021)
Journal Article
Dowson, B., Schneider, J., Guo, B., Bath, P. M., Mcdermott, O., Haywood, L. J., & Orrell, M. (2021). Pilot Randomised Evaluation of Singing in Dementia (PRESIDE): protocol for a two-arm, parallel group randomised controlled feasibility study with waiting-list control. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 7, Article 15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-020-00759-y

Background As the number of people living with dementia grows, so does the need to provide them with adequate psychosocial support. Many people with dementia live at home with family carers, who also require social and emotional support to cope wi... Read More about Pilot Randomised Evaluation of Singing in Dementia (PRESIDE): protocol for a two-arm, parallel group randomised controlled feasibility study with waiting-list control.

Music-based interventions in the acute setting for patients with dementia: a systematic review (2020)
Journal Article
Sousa, L., Dowson, B., McDermot, O., Schneide, J., & Fernandes, L. (2020). Music-based interventions in the acute setting for patients with dementia: a systematic review. European Geriatric Medicine, 11(6), 929-943

Purpose: The utilization of non-pharmacological interventions is increasingly recommended in dementia care. Among them, Music-based interventions seem promising options, according with numerous positive studies conducted in long-term care institution... Read More about Music-based interventions in the acute setting for patients with dementia: a systematic review.

What indicators have been used to evaluate the impact of music on the health and wellbeing of people with dementia? A review using meta-narrative methods (2019)
Journal Article
Dowson, B., McDermott, O., & Schneider, J. (2019). What indicators have been used to evaluate the impact of music on the health and wellbeing of people with dementia? A review using meta-narrative methods. Maturitas, 127, 26-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2019.06.001

This review considers how research into the impact of music on people with dementia has been conducted, with a focus on the means used to measure outcomes. Although there is a rapidly growing amount of research in this relatively new area, it has evo... Read More about What indicators have been used to evaluate the impact of music on the health and wellbeing of people with dementia? A review using meta-narrative methods.