Music Therapy for Older Adults: Promoting Wellbeing, Health Outcomes, and Cost-Effectiveness

This book presents innovative, evidence-based music therapy models and music-based strategies to support people with dementia and their caregivers. Emerging from the international MUSE-CARE project and featuring interdisciplinary contributions from German and Australian experts and early career researchers, the book spans research, clinical practice, health economy, and policy, targeting professionals, caregivers, and researchers alike. Emphasising flexibility, transferability, and empowerment, it underscores the potential for music-based strategies to improve the care of people with dementia and late life depression and enhance quality of life across cultures and settings.