An interactive tool to promote musical creativity in people with dementia

Riley, Philippa; Alm, Norman; Newell, Alan F.

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2008.08.014

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“…First, no click will result in a dissonant sound since only notes guaranteed to sound well together can be played during the game (e.g., a C major scale). Second, given how difficult it is for demented patients to use almost any electronic device autonomously whatever the design efforts invested [16], we prefer to see our system as a tool to foster interaction between patients and care givers. MINWii does not present judgments of any kind (scoring, game over, etc.)…”

Section: Failure-free Gameplaymentioning

confidence: 99%

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The MINWii project: Renarcissization of patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease through video game-based music therapy

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Jouvelot

et al. 2012

Entertainment Computing

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Abstract. MINWii, a new serious video game targeting Alzheimer and demented patients, is a simple Music Therapy tool usable by untrained care givers. Its objective is to improve patients' self-image (renarcissization) to reduce behavioral symptoms, which are an important cause of institutionalization. With MINWii, elderly gamers use Wiimotes to improvise or play predefined songs on a virtual keyboard. We detail our design process, which addresses the specific features of dementia: this iterative refinement scheme, built upon qualitative, small scale experiments in a therapeutic environment, led to a shift of MINWii's original focus from creativity to reminiscence. A large majority of our patients, with mild to moderate dementia, expressed a strong interest in our system, which was confirmed by feedback from the care givers. A fully controlled usability study of MINWii is currently under way, which should lead to future research assessing its actual therapeutic impact.

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Section: Failure-free Gameplaymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Since patients treated with MT often lack any musical training and cannot properly play anything beyond simple percussions, elaborate computer systems such as Hyperscore from MIT Media Lab [5] or Riley's musical touchscreen [16] have been designed to address this issue, although their use has yet to spread in the MT community.…”

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The MINWii project: Renarcissization of patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease through video game-based music therapy

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Jouvelot

et al. 2012

Entertainment Computing

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“…Hastaları tedaviye ikna etmede ve terapötik işbirliği kurulmasında sağlık çalışanla-rının da yaratıcılıklarını kullanması gerektiği belirtilmiştir. [11,[21][22][23][24][25][26] Risk grubu olan ergenler ve genç yetişkinlerle yapı-lan araştırmalarda öz-etkililik ve yaratıcılığın, iyi oluşu artı-rıcı hareket ve dans terapisinin, öfke ve konfüzyonu azaltıcı etkisi olduğu ifade edilmiştir. Göçmenlerde yaratıcı sanatın, kültürel ve dile bağlı engelleri ortadan kaldırarak kişilerin kendilerini ifade etmelerini sağladığı belirtilmiştir.…”

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Creativity in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Çam¹

2015

Psi Hem Derg

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“…Riley, Alm, and Newell [9] stated that the development of a leisure system for elderly people with dementia could enhance their daily lives and allow them to participate in their favourite activities. Sixsmith and Gutman [1] stated that games are a part of technology that should be developed for elderly people to allow them to experience enjoyable moments in their life.…”

Section: Leisure Technology As a Means To Improve Elderly Cognitimentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Carrillo et al [16] stated that music can stimulate brain nerves on unresponsive patients in later stage of Alzheimer's disease. Riley et al [9] proposed a music based application for people with Dementia to determine the ability of music in improving their creativity, communication skills and emotions. The prototype functions by letting participants listen to music and allowing them to use the system to create music.…”

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Leisure Technology for the Elderly: A Survey, User Acceptance Testing and Conceptual Design

Theng¹,

Sagadevan²,

Malim³

2017

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Abstract-The Alzheimer's disease damages neuronal and synaptic system due to the high level of amyloid beta in the brain. It is the common cause of dementia which is more common to afflict the elderly where they will gradually loss their memory and communication skills as well as deterioration of thinking and reasoning ability. Hence, it is crucial for elderly people to monitor their cognitive performance consistently and continuously to detect the Alzheimer's symptoms, such as dementia or Mild Cognitive Impairment. There are many technologies that have been established in healthcare for its detection; however, such technologies, mostly medical treatments could not be self-catered by elderly on daily basis and in fact the use of this technology incurs cost each time. Therefore, this study looks at an alternative technology called leisure technology that allows access to the elderly every day at home in an enjoyable and relaxing manner. The aim of this study is to study applications of leisure activities that could stimulate brain cognitive function to be turned to a leisure technology application. Prior to proposing the conceptual design of this application, a user acceptance study of leisure technology among elderly people has been conducted. This study involves interviews and survey through distribution of questionnaires. The survey results shows that 90% of the participants stated that there was an improvement in cognitive abilities after using leisure technology and 98.4% of the participants stated that they could adapt to leisure technology. On the other hand, the outcomes from the interview show that they agreed that different types of leisure technology provide heterogeneous benefits, which can improve their cognitive abilities. Finally, this study proposes a conceptual design for leisure technology application that elderly people can adapt to.

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An interactive tool to promote musical creativity in people with dementia

Cited by 77 publications

References 22 publications

The MINWii project: Renarcissization of patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease through video game-based music therapy

The MINWii project: Renarcissization of patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease through video game-based music therapy

Creativity in Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Leisure Technology for the Elderly: A Survey, User Acceptance Testing and Conceptual Design

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