If you love singing “My Old Ky Home” at the Derby each year, you’ll really love this rendition by former KY Governor, “Happy” Chandler!
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Former KY governor sings “My Old Ky Home”
July 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Music Healing, Music and the Mind-Body, Music in the News!, Music with Alzheimer's patients
Healing Components of Music: Melody
June 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Music Healing, Music and the Golden Years, Music with Alzheimer's patients
Yesterday, we had an overview of the components of healing music. It’s always important to remember that what is healing to one person might actually be distasteful or anxiety provoking to another. Music is very personal so understanding the components and how they function within music can help you to choose the music you want [...]
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More Info About Music and Alzheimer’s
November 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Music with Alzheimer's patients
A Key for Unlocking Memories Music Triggering Memories in Dementia Patients5: With the help of some old familiar tunes, advanced-dementia patients at Beth Abraham Family of Health Services in New York are reconnecting with their memories and with each other in ways that may seem surprising for those with degenerative brain diseases. . But with [...]
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7 Tips for Using Music with Alzheimer’s Patients
November 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Music with Alzheimer's patients
For the past 20 years I have worked actively with elderly patients suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias as well. Let me tell you that the treatment and methods have really changed and improved during that time too. What brought me to this work was actually an assignment from my department chair and mentor, [...]
Music with Alzheimer’s Patients is amazingly powerful
April 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Music with Alzheimer's patients
Recently, I have been working with a gentleman in this 80′s who is in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s disease. He is a retired minister and was and is much beloved in our community. Each week I go to his home and he sits on the couch, facing the piano, with his wife on one [...]
The Power of Music with Alzheimer’s Patients
April 7th, 2008 · No Comments · Music with Alzheimer's patients
You’ve probably heard of how powerful familiar music is with Alzheimer’s patients. When I first stepped into the field of music medicine, one of the first research studies that I did dealt with “The Therapeutic Use of Music with Alzheimer’s Patients.” In a nutshell, it seems that the music that you listen to during your “courting years” [...]
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