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ITHACA, NY — The Ithaca College Gerontology Institute and Music & Memory — a nonprofit organization that helps improve the quality of life for people with dementia by bringing personalized music into their lives — have teamed up to use the therapeutic power of music to combat memory loss and restore a deep sense of self to those suffering from dementia in the local community. Read more here…

December 13, 2015 (El Cajon) – Music heals the mind, body and spirit.  The healing power of music has been harnessed in Europe through a method called “Tune & Heal” by Dr. Barbara Romanowska who established the Sound Academy (Akademia Dzwieku) in Poland in 2004.  Writing as Barbara Angel, she is the author and teacher of the In-Depth Cellular Music Therapy Method on which the method is founded. Read more here…

Music touches us in so many ways – evoking emotions, memories, even physical reactions. And it has the power to heal, says Chris Brandt. He’s the executive director with the charity Music Heals, which works to raise money and awareness for music therapy programs. What’s music therapy? The use of music for the clinical goal of restoring and maintaining mental, emotional, and physical health. Read more here…

By now, you’ve probably seen or heard the video. An elderly man, in the throes of late stage dementia, is slumped over a wheelchair, unresponsive. When the nursing home staff gives him headphones and play familiar music from decades before on an iPod, he literally comes alive. He sits up, smiles, begins moving his head and hands, and flawlessly sings the lyrics to songs he hasn’t heard in 40 years. Read more here…

Carefee Living, a Spectrum Health Company assisted living facility in Cook, has been certified as a Music & Memory facility. It is the company’s first such designation in Minnesota. Carefree Living sites also are in Aurora, Babbitt, Brainerd, Burnsville, Ely, Orr, Silver Bay and St. Cloud. Read more here…

A nervous freshman who just graduated from Loara High School in Anaheim, Majesca Wong attended her very first class at California State University, Northridge in fall 2014. At the end of the class, she felt overwhelmed by the extensive coursework outlined in the requirements for her major, music therapy. Read more here…

A resident of the Lawndale neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side, Dalphne Sommario travels more than 200 miles every week to work with the young women at Maryville’s suburban Bartlett Campus. “Depending on traffic and weather conditions, the trip can range from 1 hour to 2 ½ hours each way,” Dalphne said. “If I take a train from Union Station, that’s an hour-long ride each way.” What inspires a city girl to journey to the far-flung suburbs twice a week?. Read more here…

The Journal of Educational Psychology, published by the American Psychological Association, has studied the use of music therapy in situations with children who have special needs in detail. According to the journal, music therapy aims to improve one’s psychological functioning through the use of musical experiences. Read more here…

It seems like singing and dementia have a very interesting connection. According to a study led by Dr. Teppo Särkämö and his team at the University of Helsinki, musical activities initiated by caregivers were found to have a positive effect in the care and treatment of people with dementia, reports Psych Central. Read more here…

TORONTO – The Loretta Anne Rogers Critical Care Centre of Toronto Western Hospital is where the best in medical technology is hard at work. Between its sterile interior, banks of machinery and busy nurses’ station, one tends to speak in hushed tones, respectful of patients being cared for. Read more here…