Availability of music therapy in dementia care: a qualitative focus group study among the pharmacists

Music therapy has found its niche among the practices of alternative and complementary therapies available for the management and care of the persons living with dementia. As there are new developments in pharmacological field to delay the progress of the disease itself, more non-pharmacological approaches will find their way into the management and the care of persons living with dementia as the complementary alternative. Music therapy has shown promises in various discipline of the dementia symptoms, and although the literatures may not explore the biomarkers and actual neuronal changes during the intervention of music therapy, the availability of music therapy as a behavioural therapy is in itself ready to ensure a better provision of dementia management in Malaysia.