Music motivates and inspires and is a powerful and nonthreatening medium and therefore, people with Alzheimer’s react ...

Elaine Lebar became a TikTok sensation at age 92 when her daughter Randi posted a video of her playing “Moonlight Sonata” at ...

A groundbreaking pilot in NHS dementia wards is using live music therapy—called MELODIC—to ease patient distress without relying on drugs. Developed by researchers and clinicians with input from ...

A new treatment that uses music therapy on dementia wards could improve care and support for some of the NHS's most vulnerable patients. Researchers at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) and ...

A new treatment that uses music therapy on dementia wards could improve care and support for some of the NHS’s most vulnerable patients. Researchers at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) and ...

When J.L. Gallese’s father entered the later stages of dementia, music became a regular element of his care. There were a few LPs of old TV show theme songs that he loved, and they played on repeat ...

A new treatment that uses music therapy on dementia wards could improve care and support for some of the NHS's most vulnerable patients. Researchers at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) and ...

"We need to find ways to engage frontline staff in the delivery of nonpharmaceutical interventions, including early preferred music, to achieve the goal of safe and effective management of ...

"Alive Inside" documentary shows power of music in nursing homes. April 12, 2012— -- Henry Dryer sits slumped over the tray attached to his wheelchair. He doesn't speak, and rarely moves, until a ...

Music therapy encompasses a range of interventions designed to improve cognitive function and alleviate psychological and behavioural symptoms in older adults with dementia. This intervention, which ...

Music may reduce distress for dementia patients, suggests new research. The findings show music therapy - singing, playing or just listening - could be used on NHS dementia wards as an alternative to ...