Personal music may ease swallowing issues for people with advanced dementia, according to a 2018 study published in Dementia: The […]
Nursing Home Culture Change
How Personal Music Moves with Individuals Across Care Settings, Thanks to an Extraordinary Volunteer
We profiled Ginny Hauser, a devoted volunteer in Pullman, Washington, in 2015. Here’s an update on how MUSIC & MEMORY® […]
Fertilizing the Garden: How MUSIC & MEMORY® Enhances Therapy Tasks and Builds Relationships
It was one of those challenging days at a nursing home near Indianapolis. A resident with late stage dementia was […]
“We Are Here to Help Each Other”
Anne Brazil was surfing Netflix one day when she discovered a video that moved her so profoundly, she had to […]
Spreading the “Universal Language” of Music: MUSIC & MEMORY® Expands Beyond Borders
It all began in 2008 as an experiment with a handful of residents in four New York nursing homes. In […]
Taking the Show on the Road: A Musical Tribute to Hospice Patients Promotes MUSIC & MEMORY® in Vermont
John was nearing the end of his life, no longer able to speak, when Carol Ann Jones brought her guitar […]