Ten years ago the documentary "Alive Inside" showed what music can do for dementia patients. In the film, a 90-year-old woman apologizes for her inability to recall events. "I can't remember ...

Music therapy taps into long-term memory, which remains intact longer than short-term memory in dementia patients.

This is the third installment in a series of stories exploring memory disorders in the Chippewa Valley. In today’s installment, two women share their experiences of loss due to dementia and how music ...

For this reason, I often recommend that families of patients with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia play familiar music for the patient. Caregivers play a crucial role in this ...

Mentally stimulating behaviors, such as reading, listening to music, praying ... More than 55 million people around the globe have dementia, according to estimates from the World Health Organization.

Dementia affects around one million people in the U.K., with more than half experiencing advanced stages of the condition.