Although there is now an accepted need for initiatives that support older people’s well-being, little attention has been paid to the role of those facilitating such activities. This research explored the benefits and challenges for those working in facilitating musical activities with older people. The research was undertaken at three UK case study sites, and involved 14 music facilitators who completed questionnaires and were interviewed about their work. The findings showed that there were many rewards in working with older people but also considerable challenges in terms of venues, resources, and a lack of initial and ongoing training opportunities.
Boulton-LewisG. M. (2010). Education and learning for the elderly: Why, how, what. Educational Gerontology, 36(3), 213–228.
2.
CooperP.McIntyreD. (1993). Commonality in teachers’ and pupils’ perceptions of effective classroom learning. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 63, 381–399.
3.
CreechA.HallamS.McQueenH.VarvarigouM. (2014). Active ageing with music: Supporting well being in the Third and Fourth Ages. London: IOE Press.
FlowersP. J.MurphyJ. W. (2001). Talking about music: Interviews with older adults about their music education, preferences, activities, and reflections. Update: Applications of Research in Music Education, 20(1), 26–32.
10.
GembrisH. (2008, September). Musical activities in the Third Age: An empirical study with amateur musicians. Paper presented at the Second European Conference on Developmental Psychology of Music, Roehampton University, UK.
11.
GiorgiA. (1989). One type of analysis of descriptive data: procedures involved in following a phenomological method. Methods, 1, 39–61.
12.
HallamS.CreechA.VarvarigouM.McQueenH. (2011). Promoting social engagement and well-being in older people through community supported participation in musical activities. London: Institute of Education, University of London.
13.
HallamS.RogersL. (2008). Improving behaviour and attendance at school. Milton Keynes: Open University Press
14.
HerzbergF. (1968). One more time: How do you motivate employees?, Harvard Business Review, 46(1), 53–62.
15.
HerzbergF.MausnerB.SnydermanB.B. (1959). The motivation to work. New York: John Wiley.
16.
HicksonJ.HousleyW. (1997). Creativity in later life. Educational Gerontology, 23(6), 539–547.
17.
MaslowA.H. (1943). A theory of human motivation. Psychological Review, 50(4): 370–396
18.
Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST). (2007). Postnote: Alzheimer’s and dementia. Number 278. February.London: Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology.
19.
Spigner-LittlesD.AndersonC. E. (1999). Constructivism: A paradigm for older learners. Educational Gerontology, 25(3), 203.
20.
VarvarigouM.CreechA.HallamS.McQueenH. (2012). Benefits experienced by older people in group music-making activities. Journal of Applied Arts and Health, 3(2), 183–198.
21.
VillarF.CeldránM.PinazoS.TriadóC. (2010). The teacher’s perspective in older education: The experience of teaching in a university for older people in Spain. Educational Gerontology, 36(10), 951–967.
22.
WithnallA. (2009). Improving learning in later life. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
23.
WithnallA.PercyK. (1994). Good practice in the education and training of older adults. Aldershot: Ashgate.
