It started out as an ordinary winter day at the Glenner Center in Hillcrest, where people with dementia come for adult day care. But then four women showed up in 1960s bouffant wigs and started ...

There’s nothing like a nostalgic song to transport you back to a special time and place — and now a new study has shown that music could help protect those memories for a lifetime. Researchers at the ...

Ask someone with dementia what year it is and they might tell you 1972. Ask that same person to sing “The Star Spangled Banner” and they’ll belt it out loud and proud, skipping no beat, forgetting ...

From the glorious harmonies of Oh Come All Ye Faithful to the soaring chorus of Ding Dong Merrily On High, voices coming together in song at Christmas is one of the heartwarming highlights of the ...

A singing group that supports people diagnosed with dementia has celebrated its first anniversary. Volunteers and members of Let's Sing to Remember meet every two weeks at St Mary's Church Hall, in ...

When J.L. Gallese’s father entered the later stages of dementia, music became a regular element of his care. There were a few LPs of old TV show theme songs that he loved, and they played on repeat ...

Singing is more than music. It benefits the brain, heart, lungs, and mood. Group singing strengthens social bonds, boosts ...

Counselling psychologist Niamh Delmar tells Katie and Colm how singing – and especially singing in a choir or a group – can have lasting health benefits.

A research team from Monash University in Australia looked at data from more than 10,800 adults over the age of 70 and found ...

This is the impact of a unique event, in the words of Richard Bones, a 65-year-old who was diagnosed with the brain condition ...

Broadcaster Ahn Sun-young finally shed tears while singing for her mother with dementia.KBS2 Immortal Songs, which aired on ...