Press Conference on the Mindful Music Stories and its Clinical Effectiveness to Visually Impaired Elderly in Hong Kong

• The Hong Kong Society for the Blind finds out “Mindful MUSIC” - a creative therapy “Mindfulness based music therapy” reduces depressive symptoms successfully. Adjusts the emotion of the visually impaired elderly and brings new point of view to the future metal health.

Sponsored by the HSBC Private Banking Clients and Employees*, the integrated therapy team of Kowloon Home for the Aged Blind under The Hong Kong Society for the Blind (HKSB) conducted a two-year “Mindful MUSIC” project. Combined “mindfulness”, “music” and “Gernotech”, responds to the mental health of the visually impaired living in residential home under COVID-19.

Started in 2020, over 250 sections of group activities via online platform were conducted, a clinical research was conducted at the same time, it was called “Mindful MUSIC Mindfulness Based Music Therapy – improve emotion adjustment of the visually impaired elderly” .

The press conference is organized on 8 June 2022. Mr Armstrong Chiu, the coordinator of the project said, “This is a rare clinical research focus on the effectiveness of “mindfulness based” to visually impaired elderly. We found that “Mindfulness based music therapy” is better than “Mindfulness therapy”, in addition, we found that music can provide a different way of treatment to emotion adjustment. Leverage on music, our visually impaired residents could more devote into the treatment.”

HKSB adopts Mindful MUSIC “Mindfulness based music therapy” to help our visually impaired residents. We will introduce more types of therapy to help the needy, and support the mental needs of people under the pandemic.

To know more about Mindful MUSIC, please visit Mindful MUSIC YouTube Channel

* The Lee Yuen Haan Memorial Charitable Foundation

Mr and Mrs Lau Chung Him Memorial Charitable Foundation

Ms Maureen Tam, HKSB Chief Executive, gave an opening remarks

Group photo

(from the left) Ms Kitty Yip, Ms Nicole Ng, Mr Armstrong Chiu, Jaime and Dai Jo gave a sharing

Jamie (left) and Dai Jo, music instructors performed a good song

Dr Sunny Chan, Senior Lecturer, School of Health and Social Wellbeing, University of the West of England, United Kingdom, gave his talk online.

Dr Calvin Yip, Associate Professor (Occupational Therapy), School of Medical and Health Sciences, Tung Wah College

Dr Michael Kuo, Assistant Professor, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Tung Wah College

 

Mr Armstrong Chiu, Occupational Therapist I, Residential Services, The Hong Kong Society for the Blind