Familiar tunes can cut dementia’s fog, spark memories

A circle of women, all faced with some form of dementia, sat waiting in a room flooded with morning light. One lady drooped in her wheelchair, still waking up. Another lady, upset for some reason, made rude comments to a nurse. A handful chatted ...

1321586+112714.N.FF_.MusicTherapy (4).jpg — Ruth Eisenbeis reaches out to touch music therapist Anna Mitchell who is letting all the residents use a special drum to make sounds like ocean waves during the weekly music therapy session at the memory care unit at Touchmark in Fargo. FORUM NEWS SERVICE/Dave Wallis

By Archie Ingersoll

December 01, 2014 at 11:37 PM

By Archie Ingersoll

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