Alzheimer’s Can’t Stop The Music

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A resident celebrity at a Massachusetts dementia unit, “Naomi’’ shows up often on the activities schedule. Taking a break from her Alzheimer’s, she helps a roomful of people with dementia forget that they don’t remember yesterday, by letting them enjoy the music they do remember from their youth.

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