A music intervention for consumer and staff wellbeing in an advanced dementia unit.

Name: A care team delivered music intervention to address consumer and staff wellbeing within a Specialist Advanced Dementia Inpatient Unit. Why: MATCH is an eHealth solution, “Music Attuned Technology Care via eHealth,” developed to support carers of people living with dementia to use music intentionally to support care. It is a scalable solution for the growing number of people living with dementia. We developed the ‘MATCH Music Training Program’ as part of this package, which we will trial in a hospital setting in this study. Materials: We will use the MATCH Music Training Program for this project. The MATCH program was developed to support carers of people living with dementia to use music intentionally to support care. There are five training modules. The modules are mood regulation, relaxation, engaging and connecting, supporting personal care and movement and exercise. Each training module contains an instructional video, three to five demonstration videos of people with dementia and their carers performing the activities, tips to optimise the implementation of the activities and scenarios of what can go wrong and how to respond. Each module will also guide the carer to create a playlist suitable to the activities being taught in each module. Suggested playlists for each module will be provided. Procedures: The MATCH Music Training Program will be delivered over 84 days: the first 28 days will comprise the use of training using the modules, and from day 28 to day 84, the use of intentional music will be implemented; micro-training sessions led by the music therapist will support care staff. Who Provided The care team staff that watch the music training programme and implement the program are staff that are part of the clinical care team. This could include nurses and allied health team members. The music therapist who supports the care team with microsessions is a registered music therapist who is employed by the study site. How The MATCH Music Training Program will be viewed online. The micro-training sessions by the music therapist with the care team will take place either in-person or video conference as it determined by if both parties are sharing a shift time. The intervention will be delivered to the consumers in-person. Where The intervention will be carried out at the Specialist Advanced Dementia Inpatient Unit. When and how much - The care team will be requested to watch each video at least twice to help deepen their understanding of the concepts, extend their skills, and problem-solve barriers to implementation encountered as they implement the music care strategies. This will take a total of 2.5 hours. - Each study-enrolled care team member will be asked to provide the intervention based on consumers needs. This is due to the pragmatic nature of staff working shifts and the consumer-need-driven intervention. -The micro-training sessions will be delivered delivered fortnightly as 15-minute individual sessions by the music therapist to each enrolled care-team member. - The adherence and impact of the staff providing the intervention to the consumers will be captured by a 'Music Usage Log.' After each shift, staff will be asked to record their use of music with consumers as on a music usage log. A note will be added to the existing nursing handover template to remind staff to fill in this log.