Elaine Lebar became a TikTok sensation at age 92 when her daughter Randi posted a video of her playing “Moonlight Sonata” at ...
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 ...
The performers enter Sundin Music Hall arm in arm, lavender scarves draped around their pressed white shirts. It’s nearly showtime, but the eager singers—a constellation of community members, some ...
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 ...
At The Gathering Place, people with memory loss and their caregivers participate in regular activities including trivia and crafts that can help reduce isolation and stress. Aimee Dilger WVIA News Rob ...
When Natalie Kim first visited Dominion Village at Williamsburg, one resident of the senior living community seemed particularly anxious and confused. She repeatedly asked Kim, a 19-year-old sophomore ...
It was a feature of Friday mornings at Manchester United's Carrington training ground that Sir Alex Ferguson would bounce down the stairs singing one of his favourite tunes, have a joke with Kath ...
Dementia is often immediately associated with memory loss, but the condition encompasses so much more than just an impaired ability to recall names, dates or events. It is a complex condition that ...
Sometimes creative projects can get quite personal, according to Geoffrey Hantson, chief creative officer of Belgian agency Happiness, an FCB alliance. That was the case when Happiness partnered with ...