Beneficial approach of music therapy for the patients with dementia

Abstract

Dementia has been one of the clinical syndrome characterized by its progressive decline in cognitive functions. Alzheimer’s type is the most common type of the dementia, which is followed by vascular type, Lewy body and frontotemporal dementia.2 Dementia means a collective name for progressive degenerative brain syndromes. It may bring impairment of thinking, memory, behavior and emotion.2 Typical symptoms include loss of memory, personality / mood changes, difficulty in performing previously routine tasks, and difficulty in finding the right words or understanding what people are saying.