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to knowledge, awareness and memories close.\u00a0 For some reason, the &#8220;door&#8221; to music remains open, therefore people who are in the late stages of Alzheimer&#8217;s disease can still hear the music of their &#8220;courting years&#8221; and respond by tapping their feet, their fingers or nodding their heads.\u00a0 Occasionally people will even begin singing along even though they never or rarely talk anymore.<\/p>\n<p>For this reason, I recorded at CD of many of the old songs from the turn of the 19th century though the 40&#8217;s.\u00a0 It contains songs such as &#8220;Tip-toe through the Tulips,&#8221; &#8220;In the Good Old Summertime,&#8221; &#8220;Ain&#8217;t She Sweet&#8221; and many, many more.\u00a0 If you&#8217;re interested in getting this CD, click <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/products\/memory_care\/memory_care.html\" title=\"Music for Memory Care\">HERE<\/a>.\u00a0 You can also listen to some samples of the songs at the same place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you have a friend or loved one with Alzheimer&#8217;s please play their favorite, old familiar music for them.\u00a0 Live music is always best, if possible.\u00a0 I do travel around the country speaking about this and other healing music topics.\u00a0 If your organization, church, school or association would be interested in having one of these programs, click <a href=\"http:\/\/healingmusicenterprises.com\/meeting_planner.html\" title=\"Meeting Planner Info\" class=\"broken_link\">HERE<\/a>.\u00a0 Hope to visit your town soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You&#8217;ve probably heard of how powerful familiar music is with Alzheimer&#8217;s patients.\u00a0 When I first stepped into the field of music medicine, one of the first research studies that I did dealt with &#8220;The Therapeutic Use of Music with Alzheimer&#8217;s Patients.&#8221;\u00a0 In a nutshell, it seems that the music that\u00a0you listen to during\u00a0your &#8220;courting years&#8221; 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