Value of singing in older people
Summary: |
Latest research from Sound Sense member Sidney De Haan Research Centre for Arts and Health shows positive health benefits to participants in Silver Song clubs |
Date Posted: |
24 Jul 2012 |
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An evaluation of the health benefits of a participative community singing programme for older people in a "pragmatic randomised controlled trial" showed:
- Measures of health were consistently higher among the singing group following the singing programme than among a control non-singing group
- Three months after the singing groups stopped the participants continued to be higher on measures of health
- Participants in the singing groups reported social, emotional and physical health benefits from taking part
- Singing groups for older people are likely to be cost-effective as a health promotion strategy.
Read the clear and concise full report at W: www.canterbury.ac.uk/Research/Centres/SDHR/Documents/SilverSongClubRCTsummaryreportJune2012.pdf
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