Older Adults
The study of aging.
What is gerontology?
Compassionate comfort care that provides relief from the symptoms and physical and mental stress of a serious or life-limiting illness. Can receive care at diagnosis, curative treatment, and end of life.
What is Palliative Care?
Detection of movement and position of head in relationship to rest of body; orientation in space.
What is vestibular?
Respiratory illness (pneumonia, bronchitis, & asthma), mood disorders, appendicitis, epilepsy, skin/tissue infections, fluid and electrolyte disorders, chemotherapy or radiation therapy, & urinary tract infections
What are common pediatric medical diagnoses?
Pairing together relaxation techniques such as progressive muscle relaxation, guided imagery, or slow breathing with music.
What is music assisted relaxation?
This neurological disorder affects nearly 1 million Americans each year. It causes significant limitations to fine, gross, and oral motor abilities.
What is Parkinson’s?
Patients, family members, caregivers, music therapists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, physicians, nurses are all members of this.
What is an interdisciplinary team?
A pattern of sensory processing where an individual responds too much, for too long, or to stimuli of weak intensity.
What is hyper-responsivity?
PICC, IV, Hickman line insertions, Basic wound care, Physical/occupational/speech therapy, Specimen collection, Intubation/extubation are examples of these.
What are nonsurgical procedures?
A legacy gift, such as a heartbeat recording is this type of primary music therapy method.
What is compositional?
The ability to adapt to a changing environment and new experiences is known as this type of "age"
What is psychological age?
Holistic approach to pain that includes psychological, spiritual, social, & physical pain.
What is total pain?
Detection of sensations from inside the body (heartbeat, respiration, satiety).
What is interoception?
This type of support is being provided when a patient receives music-assisted relaxation to help them stay calm during an MRI scan.
What is procedural support?
Most commonly used music therapy method in hospice that provides a way for clients to participate passively and at any level of functioning.
What is receptive music therapy?
Music therapy practices that are based in research or empirical evidence, rather than clinical or anecdotal observations.
What is evidence based practice?
Shortness of breath, commonly occurring with COPD. This symptom can create anxiety.
What is dyspnea?
Achieving & maintaining the level of arousal or alertness that is required by the activity and/or environment.
What is self-regulation?
PPLM, MAE, and MAR.
What is patient-preferred live music, music alternate engagement, and music assisted relaxation?
This receptive music therapy intervention encourages a discussion of the lyrics between the MT and the client.
What is lyric analysis?
A collection of symptoms that often includes agitation, memory loss, and communication difficulties such as aphasia, and is be caused by multiple diseases and conditions.
What is dementia?
Anxiety, isolation, family cohesion, autonomy/control, and emotional processing are all part of these.
What are a patient's psychosocial needs?
The ability to plan and execute new or complex motor behaviors.
What is praxis?
During recovery from knee surgery, a patient works with the music therapist to perform guided leg-extension exercises (tapping a tambourine with their foot) to familiar, rhythmically steady songs, thus engaging in this type of support.
What is recreative, active post-operative support?
This technique is used to match the mood of the client by meeting them where they are at and gradually shaping their mood into a more desirable state.
What is the iso principle?