• Ruma Chakravarty
• Jaideep Chakravarty

Neuro-psycho-social rehabilitation of elderly patients with Indian music is an area that is growing steadily in India. Music is accepted well by the elderly patients and at the same time music can be targeted to address, improve and restore various elderly conditions that affect the functional, psychological and social health of the elderly patients. The paper examines the feasibility of using multimodal approach with Indian music for neuro-psycho-social rehabilitation of disease-specific symptoms of two elderly patients - one having Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and the other having rheumatoid arthritis (RA), through longitudinal case studies. Both the studies were conducted in non-hospital set-ups. For both the cases, only qualitative observations were noted. Secondly, this paper discusses the feasibility of conducting next phase of experimental work (evidence-based research) for the rheumatoid arthritis patient from the qualitative outcome and that is to examine the effect of multimodal approach with Indian music for the patient’s desired outcome, which is improvement in walking (gait improvement).

rehabilitation, music therapy, multimodal approach, multimodal rehabilitation approach, Indian music therapy, Indian music intervention, Alzheimer’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis, elderly patients, Yoga, Yogasana with music, visual cues with music, stories with music

"Neuro-Psycho-Social Rehabilitation for Elderly Patients: Multimodal Approach with Indian Music (Feasibility Study)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 1, page no.20-44, January 2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908661.pdf

"Neuro-Psycho-Social Rehabilitation for Elderly Patients: Multimodal Approach with Indian Music (Feasibility Study)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.7, Issue 1, page no. pp20-44, January 2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908661.pdf