{"value"=>"<p> <span class=\"title\">Alzheimer's Disease and Dance Therapy: A Case Study</span></p> <p>This thesis is concerned with an 81 year old female, admitted to a skilled nursing facility due to Alzheimer's disease. She exhibited decreased agitation, greater reality orientation, increased socialization, and appropriate verbalizations when engaged in group therapy sessions. Prior to participation in the dance therapy group, the patient had been unable to participate in any therapeutic modality.</p> <p>The literature review includes a history of Alzheimer's disease, and the theories pertaining to the cause(s) and treatment. It also includes an overview of the literature concerning dance therapy and the elderly. A report of this female Alzheimer's Patient over ten group dance therapy sessions, documents her behavior, and attempts to explain the conditions that led this patient to exhibit decreased agitation, greater reality orientation, increased socialization, and appropriate verbalizations. The critique suggests that group dance therapy be implemented as treatment modality for Alzheimer's patients in the nursing home.</p>"}