Vélez Hoyos, Gabriel JaimeGarcés Hincapié, Wilmar Esneider2017-02-032017-02-032016http://hdl.handle.net/10567/1724This work aims to consolidate a state of the art of existing information on music therapy interventions in patients diagnosed with Alzheimer's type dementia in Colombia between 2005-2016. With this work, the lack of greater depth and investigative amplitude, leading Colombians to use music therapy to treat a disease that can be considered one of the main causes of deterioration and decreased quality of life is evident, as well as death among Colombians suffer. It is primarily a tour of the international theoretical knowledge to know the importance that has been given to the issue in other countries and that earnings or profits has brought, so the information with existing in Colombia and thus realize aspects of which is vitiated as to this knowledge. Thus the important relevance has been given music therapy to treat dementia internationally Alzheimer noticeable, noticeable because the benefits and makes clear that it is a treatment of palliative that while not intended to cure Alzheimer's disease if the great degree of recovery is evident in patients treated with music therapy. It comes as the conclusion of the impoverished of research in the country on the implementation of music therapy for Alzheimer-type dementia, it is necessary because much more research, and to give relevance to such a useful tool as it is music therapy for treatment of Alzheimer-type dementia.esAcceso abiertoCorporación Universitaria LasallistaPsicologíaMal de AlzheimerMusicoterapiaTerapia psicológicaThesis