“The Role of Music Therapy in Demetia Care” is the topic of the latest edition of “Once Again,” the YouTube channel program hosted by the University of Wyoming’s Wyoming Center on Aging (WyCOA). Zane ...

Discover how music therapy redefines dementia care by unlocking emotions, reducing distress, and building meaningful connections in institutional settings. Analysis: How and why music therapy reduces ...

Music is a medicine of sorts. It can lower distress in people with dementia, a new study finds. The Nov. 14 study in Nature Mental Health showed the perks of music therapy, explains how music can ease ...

Playing soothing live music in intensive care units not only helps parents bond with their baby but also provides a moment's ...

A new study has demonstrated for the first time how and why music can reduce distress and agitation for people with advanced dementia. The study involved interviews with staff and music therapists on ...

Alianora Reilly works at Tufts Medical Center, but her tool is no stethoscope or thermometer — instead, she wields a guitar. Music therapy is the practice of using musical interventions to manage ...

A new Cochrane review has found evidence that music-based therapy may benefit people living with dementia, particularly by improving symptoms of depression. Dementia is a collective term for ...

HINGHAM – Sixteen years ago, when my 96-year-old father was very near the end of his life, a hospice volunteer who played the guitar and could sing the Big Band Era songs Dad had played in a college ...

In music therapy, credentialed professionals use music to help improve your overall health and well-being. The music therapist works with you to learn your strengths and needs. Together, you create a ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (InvestigateTV) — Alzheimer’s disease not only robs patients of their memory, but most will experience anxiety or become agitated as it progresses. According to the Alzheimer’s ...