A Study On The Effectiveness Of Receptive Music Therapy Can Improve The Sleep Quality Of The Elderly

Receiving music therapy has been recognized as one of the ways to release human stress and relieve individual emotions effectively.And It is widely used in medical clinic and seldom used in social work.This study is an exploration and attempt of music therapy in the field of residential care,which based on the perspective of social work and discusses the effect of receiving music treatment on improving the sleep quality of people in the rehabilitation area of GY nursing home.In the process of group activities,social workers used the physical and mental functions of the elderly as reference basis to make three hypotheses:first,to explore the effect of music treatment on the quality of sleep in the rehabilitation area.Second,to explore the effect of receiving music treatment on the anxiety and depression of the elderly in the rehabilitation area.Third,to explore the subjective feeling of the elderly in the rehabilitation area after the treatment group of music.In combination with multiple questionnaires,10 eligible elderly people were selected in the rehabilitation area to conduct eight group activities by using various treatment techniques like Listening,music recall,music imagination,guided music imagination,music painting,music manual,muscle relaxation exercises,night training and so on.The results show that music treatment group is more vivid and interesting.Whether it was depression anxiety or sleep quality total sleep duration,there were significant differences in the subjective feelings of the elderly.The depression scores decreased by about 38.5%,and the anxiety index decreased by 16.9%,and the quality of sleep improved by 38.9%.The results of this study can provide the social workers in the nursing home to face the same situation,help them improve their sleep quality,and improve the quality of life and happiness of the elderly in nursing homes.