With a background in classical piano and Div 1 nursing, Loretta completed a post graduate diploma in Music Therapy at Melbourne University in 1992. Since then, she has had extensive experience working as a music therapist in the fields of aged care/dementia and palliative care. In 2002, she completed a Masters in Music Therapy, which focussed on the effect of music therapy on the quality of life on both people with dementia and their carers living at home.
Current Research Projects
-
Evaluating the therapeutic effects of music interventions on hospitalised people with dementia.
-
Writing and recording songs with Carers Association Victorian, along with carers, about their own experiences caring for someone with dementia. The carers CD has now been launched as a part of Carers Week in November 2007.
-
"Creative Ways To Care" DVD by the Commonwealth Carers Respite Centre, Southern Region, which is DVD and Facilitators pack to run workshops for carers of people with dementia, in the areas of music, art, leisure activities and reminiscence activities for the the person they are caring for.
|
