The AP published an interesting article recently describing the links found in the brain between music and words including the possiblity that intense therapy with music might improve speech in not only stroke patients, but in individuals with autism as well. It’s nice to know that what my wife and I have known instinctively for [...]
My mission is to provide “Music for Caregivers” to integrate into the lives of people living in nursing homes and to those with physical, developmental or neurological disabilities living in our world.
This page and web site is a place for anyone interested in bringing music into a care-giving environment. Care-giving environments can be such places [...]
With the aging of our population there has been a increased need for caregivers, either professional, or those who fill the role out of love due to an aging spouse, parent or loved one. There is also a large population of caregivers of disabled children, afflicted with various things such as autism, mental retardation, Down’s [...]
Here is an bit of interesting music trivia for you: As noted in my prior posts, music has therapeutic effects on nursing home residents. In other venues, businesses, parking lots, parks, transit centers, music is also serving the common good. The Seattle Times reported in an article that Seattle area organizations [...]
The National Institutes of Health is reporting this month that researchers have made significant progress in coming up with a test to both diagnose Alzheimer’s earlier as well as to monitor the progress of the disease over time. “This effort may open the door to the discovery of an entire panel of cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers [...]