Alive Inside
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In the beginning, filmmaker Michael Rossato-Bennett had planned on following Dan Cohen for just one day. Cohen, a social worker and founder of the nonprofit organization Music & Memory, had wanted someone to document what he was witnessing in nursing homes, something he thought was extraordinary.
What Cohen was witnessing was the powerful reaction elders with dementia had when he played them music they loved; it was as if a deeply submerged internal light had suddenly been switched on. Vacant stares were broken with blinks of recognition; gradual smiles gave way to waves of joy; tears of gratitude often followed.
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Special Guests: The Alzheimer's Association, Western and Central Washington
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/BeAliveInside
Release Year: 2014
Running Time: 78 Minutes
Director: Michael Rossato-Bennett
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Jump into a conversationIf AARP has categorized you as a fogey also, there is a good related article on page 30 of the July/August 2015 Bulletin, by Mary Ellen Geist.
http://www.aarp.org/health/brain-health/info-2015/music-therapy-for-alzheimers.html looks like the right link, in case you are not a fogey yet.