Study finds music therapy effective in Alzheimer’s patients

LYNNWOOD, Wash. — It’s said that music soothes the savage beast, and it turns out a favorite song can also calm the most agitated Alzheimer’s patient. Fuzzy memories come into focus when Cora Freeberg hears a familiar song. Music has become an alternative to medicine at Quail Park in Lynnwood. Freeberg is part of a pilot project to see how music therapy can alter the aggressive behaviors of people living with dementia. Residents who’ve really struggled adjusting to the secured memory care community were hand picked to participate in the project. Read more here…