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Playing musical instrument linked to better brain health in older adults, study finds
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Kristen Fischer
Jan 30, 2024
A new study ties playing a musical instrument to better memory and executive function (the ability to perform complex tasks).
Music therapy from trained family caregivers fails to ease dementia symptoms, study finds
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Kristen Fischer
Oct 06, 2023
Previous research has found that therapy offered by professional music therapists reduce behavioral and psychological symptoms in people with dementia. Trained home-based caregivers don’t achieve the...
Music intervention rejuvenates certain regions of the older brain: study
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 24, 2023
Listening to music and playing a musical instrument may help to avert brain aging in the areas related to these actions, researchers in Switzerland and Germany have found.
Listen up: Lockdown study reveals music’s role in modulating chronic stress
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Alicia Lasek
Jan 17, 2023
Music listening was linked to lower stress levels and improvements in mood during pandemic lockdowns. The researchers recommend music interventions to foster resilience during psychologically demanding...
Music on the Move: San Diego music center hosts concerts for isolated seniors
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Emma Baumgartel
Jun 30, 2021
Sorrento Valley-based Villa Musica is starting to bring music to isolated seniors across San Diego county with their ‘Music on the Move’ program as COVID-19 restrictions lift and seniors in long-term...
Calming music at bedtime improves elders’ sleep quality in study
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Alicia Lasek
Apr 22, 2021
Investigators found that older adults sleep better when they listen to music for 30 to 60 minutes before bedtime — especially if this habit is repeated for weeks.
Lunchtime music therapy reduces agitation in nursing home trial
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 13, 2020
Residents who heard calming music during midday meals exhibited fewer agitated and physically aggressive behaviors as measured using a validated rating scale.
Virtual music therapy program engages senior living residents cognitively, socially during pandemic
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Alicia Lasek
Oct 05, 2020
A collaborative music therapy program has safely engaged small groups of residents and hit its therapeutic marks during the pandemic, says a Cleveland senior living operator.
Clinical briefs for Friday, Sept. 25
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Alicia Lasek
Sep 25, 2020
Music program guidelines for dementia caregivers published … CDC chief: 90% of Americans not yet immune to COVID … Statins appear to reduce COVID-19 severity, likely by removing cholesterol … COVID...