Use music to completely change the day of someone with dementia
It was really challenging to get Kayla ready in the morning. She didn’t want to eat, dress, or even—really—get out of bed at all. Her
It was really challenging to get Kayla ready in the morning. She didn’t want to eat, dress, or even—really—get out of bed at all. Her
Samuel is a very “tactile” person. By that I mean, he touches everything. He spends most of his day either sleeping or walking around the care
“They don’t really like music, so we stopped playing it,” one of the caregivers told me. “Okay,” I replied. I knew, at this point, there
“She used to play by ear,” her daughters had told me. “She was really good.” Knowing this, I wheeled Samantha towards the piano. She was agitated,
I wrote an article a while back called “16 Things That I Would Want If I Got Dementia.” Then I started thinking, how will dementia
Joyce* loves to play the piano. When I first arrived at my dementia care community, I was impressed by her song repertoire. I realized pretty