Nestled in a beautiful small town, a group of seniors dealing with Alzheimer's or dementia meet once a week for music therapy. I have the incredible honour of sharing music with them and learning more about their incredible lives. Singing familiar and favourite...
Research Nicholas R. Simmons-Stern, Andrew E. Budson, Brandon A. Ally. Music as a memory enhancer in patients with Alzheimer's disease. Neuropsychologia, 2010; 48 (10): 3164 Musical mnemonics have a long and diverse history of popular use. In addition, music...
It was just before Christmas when Harry invited me to spend an evening with him and his family. When he suggested I come to facilitate a music-filled evening he included a very compelling reason - "It is the first time in 10 years that all my children will be home for...
Our final musical motivator...# 50 Music is individual - Every person responds to music differently, and any one person may respond to music differently at various times throughout his or her life. Aside from some recent research on rhythm and movement, there are no...
There are places I'll rememberAll my life though some have changedSome forever not for betterSome have gone and some remainAll these places have their momentsWith lovers and friends I still can recallSome are dead and some are livingIn my life I've loved them...
Here is a short case study by DIANA. Diana has recently joined our team...here is her account of a session, a short while after transitioning into one of our long term placements: During a recent session at a long term care facility, the son of one of my...
Music Therapy and Dementia Dementia, characterized by severe impairment of the person's intellectual capacity, emotional disturbance and personality changes, is caused by a number of different reasons such as the loss of neurons in the brain due to head injury,...