Group Singing Can Be An Enormous Boost for People Living with Dementia

I've written about how playing in an orchestra has helped people living with dementia renew their confidence in themselves.  Another twist on music has now come in a recent report from the British Psychological Society's Division of Clinical Psychology in London. The researchers describe how both the people in their study who had dementia, as well as their caregivers, benefitted from group singing. This exercise seemed to have much the same effect on the people with dementia as the orchestra experiment. Read the full article on HealthCentral about how helpful it was for people to perform in group singing: MedicareFAQ – Medicare Resource Center Support a caregiver or jump-start discussion in support groups with real stories - for bulk orders of Minding Our Elders e-mail Carol                  Related StoriesComforting People Who Are Grieving Can Be Tricky TerritoryFirst Dementia Diagnosis Might Take TimeVeteran Caregiver for Multiple Elders Explains Complications 
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