Background: Improved preferred gait speed in older adults is associated with increased survival rates. There are inconsistent findings in clinical trials regarding effects of exercise on preferred gait speed, and heterogeneity in interventions in the current reviews and meta-analyses. Objective: to determine …

Lecture for Symposium CityProms, 26 June 2015, Leeuwarden

Invited lecture for Symposium CityProms, Leeuwarden, 26/6/2015

Building a sense of community and social connection through spontaneous music making.Interactive 'jamming' in corners, courtyards, corridors, bedrooms and social spaces between staff, musicians and older adults with dementia has become a regular part of Monday afternoons at St Vincent’s Residential Aged …

End of March 2014, the Dutch Judo Federation has organized the second edition of the National Budodag in sport center Papendal. This event is in the sign of the three sports where the Dutch Judo Federation as authority takes care of the organization of: judo, jiu-jitsu and aikido (budo). It is a special …

This book has been written for musicians who want to engage with audiences beyond the concert hall and other traditional venues. The study is equally worthwhile for conservatoires and music academies aiming to change the increasingly unrealistic goal of training young musicians solely for the stage. …

'… En ieder zingt zijn eigen lied...': personhood, singing in a choir and dementia. In the book 'Dementia Reconsidered' (1997) Tom Kitwood formulates what the point of departure should be with regard to the care for people with dementia: the safeguarding of someone's personhood by fulfilling the five …

This paper will detail an ethnographic research that has been conducted into the practice of ‘Music for Life’, managed by Wigmore Hall in London. The aim is creating interactive music workshops for people with dementia and there carers as a group in residential care homes. Throughout one eight-week project …