Serial No.102-9 Printed for the use of the Special Committee of Aging. This reserve includes a woman whose husband had Alzheimer's Disease. She talks from the standpoint of a wife about the stages and describes how the disease slowly took control of her husband. She explains how music seemed to bring her husband alive. Activities used by the music therapist are presented.
Music helps create a wide range of responses with elderly.
It maybe simulative or sedative, may improve memory, can help with associations, and is a stimulus for reminiscence. National Association for Music Therapy. Journal of Music Therapy. Reminiscence is the process of reviving past events and experience. This article discusses how music has the ability to help patients suffering from pain or patients who have poor memory.