[FATHER’S DAY IS JUNE 15]
ANIMATED MUSIC VIDEO: Watch this uplifting-yet-real, brilliantly-animated music video about a child’s heroic relationship with his parent with dementia.
[Father’s Day is June 15]
POWERFUL, MEANINGFUL, WONDERFUL VIDEO – A son, his father with dementia and the incredible power of love.
[Father’s Day is June 15]
MUSIC VIDEO: When dad got Alzheimer’s, I was determined he wouldn’t forget me… nor I him. This song is a grand tribute to everyone living and dealing with Alzheimer’s.
MUSIC (VIDEO & ARTICLE): Alive Inside is an award-winning, magical, healing film. Watch music’s ability to fight memory loss & restore a deep sense of self.
A powerful song about an 80-year-old professor losing memory due to Alzheimer’s. A tribute and a call for understanding, love, and support.
EXTRAORDINARY MUSIC VIDEO: Ted McDermott, The Song-A-Minute Man, was diagnosed with dementia. His son, Simon, wasn’t going to let that stop his Dad. He understood how music reaches our deepest selves and has journeyed with his Dad and their dashcam to make beautiful music together. Get your widest smile ready and watch them in action.
SEE five powerful reasons to use music in dementia care. Mary Sue Wilkinson is Founder of “Singing Heart to Heart” and author of “Songs You Know By Heart: A Simple Guide for Using Music in Dementia Care”, with Teepa Snow. Learn more.
Where words fail, music speaks. See how music can be a very powerful vehicle for communication in the various stages of dementia.
The memory of a 102-year-old woman with dementia is triggered by playing a piano every day. And boy does she play, changing the lives of all around her!
Grace Sun uses her free time to play piano for seniors with Alzheimer’s. More than 100 musicians have joined her movement. See their impact.
15 TIPS on how to limit wandering and prevent a person with dementia from becoming lost. (60% of people with dementia will wander off at some point.)
MUSIC: Famously known as the Songaminute Man, Ted is living with dementia, even as he enjoys singing on. Watch this wonderful sampling of his songs, along with a one-of-a-kind interview on BBC’s “The One Show”.
Our change in diet has been proposed as being the underlying reason for the dramatic increase in the prevalence of Type II diabetes that we are observing worldwide in our time. What’s that doing to our brains?
Three important dementia studies focus on HS-AGING, a type of dementia almost as common as Alzheimer’s in the 85+ group. Yet few people have heard of it. Why? What makes it different?
An intriguing study of 120 grandmothers might surprise you. Doctors know socially engaged people have better cognition and less dementia. But can a person get too much of a good thing? What’s the right balance?
Enjoy this great duet between a musician with dementia and his son. A triumph of spirit over Alzheimer’s! Sing-a-long if you like!
It looks like a sneeze cannot give anyone Alzheimer’s. While Alzheimer’s abnormal disease proteins do spread from cell-to-cell, they are not “infectious”. Check out the facts.
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