Five years ago, when Jack Geikler and his wife, Pat, moved into independent living accommodations at Kendal at Lexington, Virginia, […]
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MUSIC & MEMORY® Helps Wisconsin Nursing Homes Reduce Antipsychotic Use
When Wisconsin’s Department of Health Services (DHS) decided to implement Music & Memory’s personalized music program in 100 long-term care […]
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 […]