Music and Art Therapies:

Effects on the Emotional, Social and

Psychological Attributes

of the Elderly at Nursing

Home

RationaleThe proposal to conduct a study on the effects of music and art therapies to elderly in a nursing home is one of the recommendations in the ethnographic-phenomenological study on the journey of the three elderly women at ANAWIM .

Research localeANAWIM is a nursing home for the poor and abandoned elderly founded by Bo Sanchez.

Conceptual Framework Psychosocial theory (Erikson) disengagement theory exchange theory of aging activity theory Socioemotional Selectivity Theory

Ego integrity means coming to terms with life, and thereby coming to terms with the end of life.

VSDespair means being preoccupied with past experiences(failures, the bad decisions they made, and regret that they really don't have the time or energy to reverse them

disengagement theory

‘ego energy’ declines with age and as the ageing process develops, individuals become increasingly self-absorbed and less responsive to normative controls.

Exchange theory of aging defines that the aged has less power in relation to younger people because they possess fewer resources

activity theory states that the more active and involved older adults are, the more likely they will be satisfied with their lives

Socioemotional Selectivity Theory explains the tendency of older adults in becoming more selective of their social networks

Emotional, Social and Psychological Attributes Post Self Assessment

Emotional, Social and Psychological Attributes Pre self Assessment

Present condition of the elderly

Effects of Music and Art therapies to the Emotional, Social and Psychological Attributes of the elderly

Statement of the Problem1. What is the individual profile of the elderly in a nursing home in terms of:1.1 Age1.2 Educational Attainment1.3 Status1.4 Sex and1.5 Previous Occupation (line of work before confined in the nursing home)

Statement of the Problem2. What is the present

condition of the elderly in terms of the following aspects:2.1 Emotional 2.2 Social and 2.3 Psychological

Statement of the Problem3. What is the effect of music and art therapies to the elderly in terms of the following aspects:3.1 Emotional 3.2 Social and3.3 Psychological

participantsThe researcher will include ten male and female elderly participants in this research. The participants will be chosen by the Anawim staff according to the following criteria: a) ability to understand b) ability to communicate b) ability to write and c) ability to listen.

The frequency will be used to present the participants’ personological attributes (age, educational attainment, status, sex and previous occupation).

The mean will be utilized to get the average score of the variables (emotional, social and psychological) from the researcher’s self constructed survey on: a) the present condition of the elderly and b) the effects of music and art therapies.

Statistical Treatments

Data Gathering procedure

Individual recordsOrientation of the participantsAdministration of the Pre Self

Assesment Survey Triangulation with the Social

Worker &

House Parents

Music and art therapies sessions Administration of Post Self

Assessment

Survey

LORIE M. PROTOMARTIRPrepared for DISSERTATION PROPOSALPHILIPPINE NORMAL UNIVERSITYMARCH 28,2009