Music & Art Therapy Benefits
Alzheimer's & Other Dementias
Music Therapy
Home-based music therapy for persons with dementia and their spouses as primary caregivers, Frontiers Public Health, 03 October 2023, Sec. Aging and Public Health, Volume 11 - 2023.How to Use Music to Reconnect with a Dementia Patient by Ainsley Hawthorn Ph.D., Psychology Today, June 30, 2023
The Power of Sound by Jennifer Van Pelt, MA, Today's Geriatric Medicine, Vol. 16 No. 1 P.10, January/February 2023
Why music causes memories to flood back by Marlene Cimons, The Washington Post, February 26, 2023
What is Reminiscence Therapy? by Barbara Field, verywellmind, December 7, 2022
Music and Dementia - The Economic Case Recording of webinar co-hosted by AARP and the NeuroArts Blueprint Initiative on June 9th, 2022 (46:23)
Music, spirituality and dementia: Exploring joint working between pastoral care professionals and music therapists to improve person-centred care for people with dementia (Innovative Practice) by Lyndsey Connolly and Hilary Moss, Dementia, Volume 20, Issue 1, January 2021
Music Therapy in the Treatment of Dementia Frontiers in Medicine, 19 May, 2020
Music Therapy: How It Enriches the Lives of Persons with Dementia and Reduces Behavioral Challenges Dementia Care Central, June 05, 2019
Music Intervention Approaches for Alzheimer's Disease: A Review of the Literature, Leggieri et al., frontiers in Neuroscience 12 March 2019
The Benefits for Music Therapy for People with Dementia Alzheimer's Family Center, January 12, 2018
Music Therapy is a potential intervention for cognition of Alzheimer's Disease Fang et al. Translational Neurodegeneration December 2017 6:2
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Art Therapy
Art and Music Therapy for Alzheimer's Disease, Written by WebMD Editorial Contributors, Medically Reviewed by Arefa Cassoobhoy, MD, MPH on April 05, 2023
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"Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak. I have considered the days of old, the years of ancient times. I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search" (Psalm 77:1-6 KJV).
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