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Effects of calming music on the level of agitation in cognitively impaired nursing home residents

Travelers Center on Aging Health Science Division, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut

Leah Mckinnon-Howe, MS, CS

Ruth Remington, MS, CS

This study examines the use of music as a strategy to decrease agitated behavior in cognitively impaired nursing home residents. Twenty agitated subjects, 68 to 84 years of age, were exposed to 15 minutes of calming music on two occasions. Agitated behavior scores were recorded before, during and after the musical intervention using the Agitated Behavior Scale. Results indicate that a statistically significant reduction in agitated behavior occurs both during (p. <0]) and after the musical intervention (p. <05). Calming music was shown to be an effective, nonpharmacologic strategy which nurses and other caregivers may use to reduce agitated behavior in the nursing home.

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias®, Vol. 10, No. 1, 10-15 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/153331759501000105


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