Book contents
- Reviews
- Music, Wellness, and Aging
- Music, Wellness, and Aging
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Program NotesMusic, Wellness, and Aging
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Overture
- 2 In Search of a Perfect Harmony: Music and Wellness in Later Life
- 3 Hearing the Muse’s Message: Changes in Sensory–Perceptual and Cognitive Processes
- 4 Sing a New Song! Therapeutic Interventions with Music
- 5 Trio: Resilience, Recovery, and Growth
- 6 Tutti: Music in Relationships and Communities
- 7 Rhythm and Blues: Work and Retirement
- 8 Requiem: Spirituality and End-of-Life
- 9 Coda: Defining, Directing, and Celebrating Life
- Notes
- Index
6 - Tutti: Music in Relationships and Communities
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 October 2021
- Reviews
- Music, Wellness, and Aging
- Music, Wellness, and Aging
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Program NotesMusic, Wellness, and Aging
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Overture
- 2 In Search of a Perfect Harmony: Music and Wellness in Later Life
- 3 Hearing the Muse’s Message: Changes in Sensory–Perceptual and Cognitive Processes
- 4 Sing a New Song! Therapeutic Interventions with Music
- 5 Trio: Resilience, Recovery, and Growth
- 6 Tutti: Music in Relationships and Communities
- 7 Rhythm and Blues: Work and Retirement
- 8 Requiem: Spirituality and End-of-Life
- 9 Coda: Defining, Directing, and Celebrating Life
- Notes
- Index
Summary
In this chapter we consider social experiences, relationships, and involvements, and how music may facilitate social attachment and affiliations in later life. Presented are the role of social support networks and coping mechanisms that help reduce stress. We also consider systems of community and social support, such as mentoring, community bands, and how music may offer a bridge between age and cultural groups. This discussion importantly acknowledges that through music we can practice social justice.
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- Music, Wellness, and AgingDefining, Directing, and Celebrating Life, pp. 97 - 119Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021