Yoik in Sami elderly and dementia care – A potential for a culture sensitive music therapy?
Introduction: The positive impact of familiar, individualized and patient-preferred music in dementia care is acknowledged in the literature. However, traditional indigenous music practices in care contexts are less studied. This study focuses on yoik, a traditional vocal music of the indigenous Sam...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/24813 2023-05-15T16:11:59+02:00 Yoik in Sami elderly and dementia care – A potential for a culture sensitive music therapy? Hämäläinen, Soile Päivikki Salamonsen, Anita Mehus, Grete Schirmer, Henrik Graff, Ola Musial, Frauke 2021-02-17 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/24813 https://doi.org/10.1080/08098131.2020.1849364 eng eng GAMUT - The Grieg Academy Music Therapy Research Centre Routledge Nordic journal of music therapy Hämäläinen S, Salamonsen A, Mehus G, Schirmer H, Graff O, Musial F. Yoik in Sami elderly and dementia care – A potential for a culture sensitive music therapy? . Nordic journal of music therapy. 2020 FRIDAID 1848645 doi:10.1080/08098131.2020.1849364 0809-8131 1944-8260 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/24813 openAccess Copyright 2021 The Author(s) Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2021 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1080/08098131.2020.1849364 2022-04-20T22:58:30Z Introduction: The positive impact of familiar, individualized and patient-preferred music in dementia care is acknowledged in the literature. However, traditional indigenous music practices in care contexts are less studied. This study focuses on yoik, a traditional vocal music of the indigenous Sami people of Fennoscandia. The aims of this exploratory study were to investigate key participants’ experiences with yoik in care settings, as well as their thoughts with regard to a future study of yoik as a non-pharmacological intervention in Sami elderly and dementia care. Method: Qualitative in-person in-depth interviews with close relatives of persons in need of care, as well as healthcare professionals were analysed using qualitative content analysis. Results: The participants shared that they had observed positive effects whenever yoik was applied in Sami elderly and dementia care, even in persons without a known yoik familiarity. No unwanted effects were reported. The participants supported the idea of a possible clinical investigation of yoik as culturally sensitive music therapy in the future. They recommended that yoik should be implemented on a regular basis in Sami elderly and dementia care. Conclusion: The participants agreed that yoik has potential as a non-pharmacological intervention in Sami elderly and dementia care, and that further investigation is warranted. Article in Journal/Newspaper Fennoscandia sami sami University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Nordic Journal of Music Therapy 30 5 404 423 |
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Introduction: The positive impact of familiar, individualized and patient-preferred music in dementia care is acknowledged in the literature. However, traditional indigenous music practices in care contexts are less studied. This study focuses on yoik, a traditional vocal music of the indigenous Sami people of Fennoscandia. The aims of this exploratory study were to investigate key participants’ experiences with yoik in care settings, as well as their thoughts with regard to a future study of yoik as a non-pharmacological intervention in Sami elderly and dementia care. Method: Qualitative in-person in-depth interviews with close relatives of persons in need of care, as well as healthcare professionals were analysed using qualitative content analysis. Results: The participants shared that they had observed positive effects whenever yoik was applied in Sami elderly and dementia care, even in persons without a known yoik familiarity. No unwanted effects were reported. The participants supported the idea of a possible clinical investigation of yoik as culturally sensitive music therapy in the future. They recommended that yoik should be implemented on a regular basis in Sami elderly and dementia care. Conclusion: The participants agreed that yoik has potential as a non-pharmacological intervention in Sami elderly and dementia care, and that further investigation is warranted. |
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Hämäläinen, Soile Päivikki Salamonsen, Anita Mehus, Grete Schirmer, Henrik Graff, Ola Musial, Frauke |
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Hämäläinen, Soile Päivikki Salamonsen, Anita Mehus, Grete Schirmer, Henrik Graff, Ola Musial, Frauke Yoik in Sami elderly and dementia care – A potential for a culture sensitive music therapy? |
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Hämäläinen, Soile Päivikki Salamonsen, Anita Mehus, Grete Schirmer, Henrik Graff, Ola Musial, Frauke |
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Yoik in Sami elderly and dementia care – A potential for a culture sensitive music therapy? |
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Yoik in Sami elderly and dementia care – A potential for a culture sensitive music therapy? |
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Nordic journal of music therapy Hämäläinen S, Salamonsen A, Mehus G, Schirmer H, Graff O, Musial F. Yoik in Sami elderly and dementia care – A potential for a culture sensitive music therapy? . Nordic journal of music therapy. 2020 FRIDAID 1848645 doi:10.1080/08098131.2020.1849364 0809-8131 1944-8260 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/24813 |
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