Using music to combat age-related depression
An international research project has investigated new interdisciplinary approaches to healthy ageing and reactions to music in older adults. The University of Geneva and Reha Rheinfelden are also involved.
According to the press release from the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt, the focus is on the activation of brain functions that are impaired in old-age depression. Together with 13 European partners from the university, clinical and industrial sectors, interdisciplinary work is being carried out in the fields of neuroscience (University of Geneva, Reha Rheinfelden), gerontopsychiatry (University of Würzburg, University of Tours, University Hospital Tours), music intervention (University of Cambridge, University of Jyväskylä, University of Aalborg, Würzburg-Schweinfurt University of Applied Sciences) on this development. A Finnish and a French small and medium-sized enterprise and an IT engineering team (University of Barcelona, University of Genoa, FHWS, University of Augsburg) are also involved.
The Würzburg-Schweinfurt University of Applied Sciences is also involved in a project investigating interventions for people living with dementia. From May 2019 to April 2023, a training program for family caregivers of people with dementia to learn and apply music interventions in home care will be developed and its effectiveness tested. The relevant consortium consists of the University of Melbourne (consortium leader), Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge, FHWS, Oslo University of Music and the University of Krakow. Thomas Wosch (Faculty of Applied Social Sciences at the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt) can provide further information.
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