This article reflects a shift in the way we care for those living with Dementia and Alzheimer's Diseases. In our changing society, we need innovative ways to offer a dignified way to live with these diseases. This village in the Netherlands is the first of it's kind, but thankfully, the "new world" - Canada and United States - is learning from this and villages like this are beginning to appear: there is one in Ontario Canada that has just opened.
Read morethe advantAGE of music to enhance memory
Oliver Sacks has written a lot about the advantages that music has on memory and brain health. Since his book Musicophilia was published in 2007, there seems to be a wave of information about the benefits of music on the health of older people, people with neurological disorders and diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.
What follows is one article that sheds some light on the benefits of music in enhancing memory.
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