This video is intended to provide more information on the importance of singing to support those with Parkinson’s. The video includes information on the research behind singing to support Parkinson’s and demonstrations on how practitioners support those with Parkinson’s coming to their singing groups.
Featured in the video:
Brianna Robertson-Kirkland, Principal Investigator, Scotland’s Singing for Health Network
Sophie Boyd, Singing for Health Leader and Research Consultant for Scotland’s Singing for Health Network
Rachel Hynes, Singing for Health Leader
Penny Stone, Singing for Health Leader
Yoon Irons, Associate Professor of Arts for Health and Wellbeing and Director, Singing Research Lab, University of Derby
Filmed and edited by Louise Mathers, https://louisemather.com/
The production of this video was funded by the Founders Fund for Creatives – https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/ris/innovation/trainingopportunitiesevents/foundersfundforcreatives/
Research cited:
Irons JY, Williams A, Holland J, Jones J. (2024). An Exploration of People Living with Parkinson’s Experience of Cardio-Drumming; Parkinson’s Beats: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 21(4):514. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21040514
Irons, J. Y., Hancox, G., Vella-Burrows, T., Han, E., Chong, H., Sheffield, D., & Stewart, D. E., (2021) Group singing improves quality of life for people with Parkinson’s: an international study, Aging & Mental Health, 25:4, 650-656, https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2020.1720599.
Irons, J. Yoon; Coren, E.; Young, MK; Stewart, DE; Gschwandtner, M.; Mellick, GD (2019) Singing for people with Parkinson’s disease. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2(2). Art. https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD013279.
More details about the Network
Website: https://portal.rcs.ac.uk/scotland-singing-for-health-network/
Get in touch: singing-for-health@rcs.ac.uk
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