Can Music Turn Back The Clock On Alzheimer's?

Many New York nursing homes are filled with Alzheimer's and dementia patients that are withdrawn, depressed. Some can't or don't communicate.

But what happens when you give them music? Social Worker Dan Cohen has been taking iPods to nursing homes and seeing a dramatic reaction as they hear the music they love. It's almost as if it takes them back in time. No, it doesn't stop the disease. No, it's not a cure. So what does it do? It can let patients who did nothing but slump in a chair all day start singing and dancing with their hands. It can make other patients push their walker away to try and dance. And more important than anything else, it gives happiness to those hearing the music and those who are seeing their joy.

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Learn more about the program at http://www.musicandmemory.org/