Started watching a video last night called “Alive Inside.” It is about music and memory, using music on ipods to awaken folks who have turned inside with dementia and Alzheimer’s. Some top people are interviewed and some science is shared, along with some startling examples—a woman leaves her walker aside to dance, an angry man smiles and sings along, the other people in the room light up when the man hearing the music becomes animated and sings. This is touching something larger than the prison-hospital model of nursing homes would authorize.
:- Doug.
