When Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services (DHS) decided to implement Music & Memory’s personalized music program in 100 long-term care […]
Alzheimer's and Dementia
Access to Personalized Music May Influence Choice of Nursing Home, Survey Finds
Many factors go into a decision about where to place a loved one in a nursing home—compassionate care, excellent medical […]
Alzheimer Society of Toronto’s iPod Project Study Finds Personalized Music Benefits Caregivers, Too
The evidence continues to mount: Musical favorites can bridge the divide between hopeless isolation and joyful social engagement for people […]
Nature’s Wake-up Call: How Music Lights Up the Brain
Birdsong. For many, nature’s daily musical festival is a relaxing, joyful gift. For primitive humans, it may also have served […]
When End of Life Nears, Music Renews Joy
Music can heal in many ways. At Barnabas Health’s Hospice and Palliative Care Center in West Orange, N.J., musical favorites […]
Improving Resident Quality of Life: How Music Favorites Helped Reduce Antipsychotic Use at New York’s Coler-Carter SHNF
The elderly Asian woman stood by the nurses’ station, tapping her fingers on the counter in time to music playing […]