The practice and effectiveness of the vocal music therapy as health care in aged person and palliative care.

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23652039
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Study of the arts/History of the arts/Arts in general
Research Institution	Fukuoka University of Education
Principal Investigator	HASHIMOTO Eriko 福岡教育大学, 教育学部, 教授 (60253366)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2013
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Keywords	声楽療法 / 国際研究者交流
Research Abstract	It was found that the continuous practice of vocal music therapy as health care for aged people makes maintenance mentally and physically health, furthermore mental care and good communication, those enable to realize good aging as he or she. The effectiveness of vocal music therapy was revealed by the case of patient in palliative care unit recovered initiative eating who could not eat well by children's songs sung in childhood and classic songs with sweet memories. By this study it was demonstrated the importance of vocal music therapy performed art medium as music which exceeds the words. And it was appeared that continuous singing of sound songs can support to find out the joy of life.