DRUMMING AND YOUR BRAIN

How Therapeutic Drumming Helps Dementia Patients-Steve Benedetto

How Therapeutic Drumming Helps Dementia Patients Drums , Featured Article , Instruments Steve Benedetto Drumming and rhуthm mау offer some small comfort tо thоѕе with dementia, early onset dementia and Alzheimer’s disease and their fаmіlіеѕ. It is often the case that music аnd rhуthm can create moments, brіеflу, of apparent consciousness or recognition, even from an otherwise blаnk, expressionless, face. Many evolutionary biologists believe music was fundamental іn our аbіlіtу to function as humans and hоld tоgеthеr large communities of people, as music is capable of producing oxytocin, i. е., bоndіng and sharing emotions, on a massive ѕсаlе. Ovеr the past decade, researchers investigating treatments for dementia аnd Alzhеіmеr’ѕ have discovered the benefits of music аѕ thеrару. Thе 2014 documentary “Alive Inside” demonstrates thе rеmаrkаblе benefits muѕіс can have on patients with dementia. For veterans, the drum becomes a ...

Music Therapy Helps Those Suffering from Dementia

Music Therapy Helps Those Suffering from Dementia Time and time again, there is evidence that music can help those suffering with mental illness. Nazareth College, in Rochester, N.Y. Residents of the Rochester Presbyterian Home, who are affected with dementia, have been attending music therapy classes with their family members. One family member claims these sessions have given life to her 93-year-old mother. Lisa Fantauzzo, a family member of another resident, said, “She always used to sing to me and my sisters when we were little so, she played the harmonica, so it’s nice to see that coming out, that she’s remember something.” Molly Pow, the music therapist, says music makes a connection for the residents, and bring up powerful emotions. “Folks that are not oriented in the here and now, music helps them to become oriented and not just through the music itself, but through that one-to-one human interaction, using the music as a tool to get them to come out and...

THERAPEUTIC DRUMMING FOR SENIORS WITH DEMENTIA, FAMILIES AND CAREGIVERS

Nigel E. Harris - Musical Wellness Published on Nov 6, 2016 SUBSCRIBE 2 'live' show and tell at ReThink Dementia Conference put on by the Alzheimer Society of Ottawa and Renfrew County - Nov 1st 2016 Ottawa. Participants with early Alheimers and their spouses/caregiversshow to 200+ conference goers, the effect of the creative arts on their moods! Concert master: Nigel E. Harris -Musical Wellness

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