Posts Tagged ‘therapy’
Music therapy helps people with dementia – and their carers

The healing power of music is well known, but researchers have found that it has benefits not just for those suffering from dementia, but also for those who care for them. Training care home staff in music therapy helps not just dementia patients – but also the carers themselves. Read more here…
Music therapy helps premature babies at Nebraska Medicine

OMAHA, Neb. —For babies and parents, time spent in the neonatal intensive care unit, or NICU, can be stressful. Experts say music therapy can help premature babies grow and develop in a relaxed environment. Read more here…
Music therapy ‘valuable’ for dementia

A British study which saw dementia patients undergo music therapy resulted in improvements to their symptoms and wellbeing as well as a reduction in disruptiveness to staff at their care home. Music therapy has long been known to help people with conditions such as dementia, as music appears to be able reach parts of the damaged brain in ways other forms of communication cannot. Read more here…
Adrian Piza during music therapy following brain haemorrhage

Little Adrian Piza receives music therapy in hospital after suffering a brain haemorrhage. Doctors claim he would never walk or talk again. Read more here…
From death bed to death metal: How a love of guitar helped Adrian Piza, 10, beat a brain haemorrhage and rare blood disease that left him wrapped in bandages like a mummy so he could chase his rock star dreams

When doctors told Adrian Piza’s parents their baby would never walk or talk after he suffered a massive brain haemorrhage at just 10 months old, it was a crushing blow. But at age 10 Adrian today is not only walking and talking, he’s ‘shredding’ heavy metal guitar and playing concerts to other sick kids after making an amazing recovery his family puts down to the power of music therapy. Read more here…
Individual music therapy for managing neuropsychiatric symptoms for people with dementia and their carers: a cluster randomised controlled feasibility study
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Previous research highlights the importance of staff involvement in psychosocial interventions targeting neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia. Music therapy has shown potential effects, but it is not clear how this intervention can be programmed to involve care staff within the delivery of patients’ care. Read more here…
Raukatauri Music Therapy Trust named official charity for Raggamuffin IX
While fans anxiously await the next installment of the popular reggae and urban music festival, today the Raukatauri Music Therapy Trust has been named as the official charity for Raggamuffin IX. Read more here…
Music Therapy Charity To Benefit from Raggamuffin IX

The Raukatauri Music Therapy Trust has been named the official charity for reggae and urban music festival Raggamuffin IX. The Trust provides music therapy to children and young people with special needs and was selected from 17 charities who applied to be the official charity for the event which takes place on Saturday 20 February at The Trusts Arena in Auckland. Read more here…
Top iOS news of the week: Self-healing phone screens, bigger iPad, iPads and babies

Rumors of a large iPad have been around for a while, and some code in the next version of iOS hints at such a tablet. The code discovered in iOS 9 allows scaling the onscreen keyboard to a larger size than ever before. This along with the multiple window support in iOS 9 makes one think that the iPad Pro may actually happen. Read more here…
Songs That Heal: Preserving A Thousand-Year-Old Tradition

Only six people in the world know how to do what Sergio Pacheco is about to do. A middle-aged man who rarely smiles, Pacheco stands in the middle of a crowd on the National Mall, wearing a feathered headdress, beaded necklace and wrinkled dress that’s been hand painted with a large, maroon bird on the front. Read more here…