Living well with dementia through music : a resource book for activities providers and care staff / edited by Catherine Richards ; foreword by Helen Odell-Miller.

"Music is an essential tool in dementia care. This accessible guide embraces the power that music has to enhance the daily lives of those with dementia. Drawing on the expertise of practitioners regularly working in dementia settings, and incorporating key dementia research, this book shows how music can help improve quality of life throughout the course of dementia. Living With Dementia through Music empowers the reader to use singing, percussion, Sounding Bowls, iPads and other musical tools with people living with dementia. This book offers a wide range of music-based activities and will help anyone, whether or not they have any musical skills or experience, to successfully use music in dementia care."--Back cover.