What is it about the music of your “courting years” that creates such powerful emotions? From the time I first began working with Alzheimer’s patients, 25 years ago, I heard the professionals talking about the powerful of music from the patients’ “courting years.” We were doing a study on the therapeutic benefits of music […]
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Music with Alzheimer's Patients: another story
The power of music with Alzheimer’s patients is well-known in 2016. I think we humans have known intuitively for years that music with our elderly parents or grandparents is much-loved and appreciated, but now we have the research, the clinical studies, and even full-length documentary films that chronicle the lives of elderly patients who no […]
The Joy of Music for the Alzheimer's Patient
As the Babyboomers age, more and more people are being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Although it is far from inevitable, it is also happening to people every day and is being diagnosed earlier and earlier. Currently, there is no cure for Alzheimer’s disease, music is one of the few interventions that actually can make a […]