Elaine Lebar became a TikTok sensation at age 92 when her daughter Randi posted a video of her playing “Moonlight Sonata” at her senior-living facility. At the time, Elaine had been living with ...

Is it therapeutic for someone with Alzheimer’s or dementia to listen to a lot of Christmas carols or music around the holidays? Music has often been described as a universal language, and studies have ...

A new treatment that uses music therapy on dementia wards could improve care and support for some of the NHS’s most vulnerable patients. Researchers at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) and ...

Music therapy encompasses a range of interventions designed to improve cognitive function and alleviate psychological and behavioural symptoms in older adults with dementia. This intervention, which ...

Inspired by her upbringing in South Korea, where caring for older adults is inherent to the culture, Kathy Siepker is channeling a personal connection into her research at The University of Texas at ...

Listening to music immediately after learning new information may help improve memory retention in older adults and ...

"We need to find ways to engage frontline staff in the delivery of nonpharmaceutical interventions, including early preferred music, to achieve the goal of safe and effective management of ...

Dementia and depression often go hand-in-hand in patients with Alzheimer's disease, but many don't respond well to traditional antidepressants. Now, an experimental home-based electrical therapy may ...