Abstract
Introduction: the Long-Stay Institutions, in majority, are places inappropriate and inadequate to the needs that the elderly have, for physical, social and cognitive nature of activities are scarce in these environments. Objective: evaluating the use of music as therapy for promoting the quality of life of elderly in a Long-Stay Care Institution in the city of Cajazeiras-PB. Method: this is an exploratory and interventional research with a quantitative approach, accomplished with 17 institutionalized elderly. Results: the music used as therapy is an important agent in the improvement of social interaction, in the development of new relationships and emotional bonds, with strong influence in the reestablishment of functional impairments present in the elderly. Conclusion: the institutionalized elderly involved in this work showed improvement of physical, social and cognitive order through the use of music therapy.
Highlights
Attributed to this factor as the reduction in fertility rates and birth rates and increased life expectancy of the population [1,2]. This increase in life expectancy joined with sedentary life style of the population, caused the emergence of chronic degenerative diseases, which result in Functional Disabilities (FD) that directly influence the quality of life of individuals and are responsible for many hospitalizations, especially when regarding the elderly [1]
Data collection was conducted through the individual records and observed the aspects related to the moments of musical performances
It was observed that in the course of music therapy activities, the elderly showed no decrease in their levels of FD, even with increasing age, being observed the re-establishment of some of these
Summary
Attributed to this factor as the reduction in fertility rates and birth rates and increased life expectancy of the population [1,2]. This increase in life expectancy joined with sedentary life style of the population, caused the emergence of chronic degenerative diseases, which result in Functional Disabilities (FD) that directly influence the quality of life of individuals and are responsible for many hospitalizations, especially when regarding the elderly [1]. Functional loss, lack of caregiver, presence of diseases, unfavorable socioeconomic conditions, poor family support, physical inactivity and poor health levels appear to be the main reasons that lead to institutionalization
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