Music Therapy and Alzheimer’s
This week is about how music therapy had been able to help Alzheimer’s Patients with orientating themselves in the present.
Former President of the American Association for Music Therapy, Connie Tomaino, discusses the neuroscience behind music therapy and gives some examples of how it has helped those suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease.
She says, “One woman who was nonverbal — after one month, she started speaking again. She said things like, ‘The kids are coming, I have to get home to make dinner.’ They were memories and words elicited by the songs.”