I am a hearing specialist, and so is my wife. We have had patients who actually have had their dementia diagnosis recinded when we were able to get them hearing clearly, and music therapy is something we instinctively have developed and used on our own for 15 years. Would love to learn more about the clinical methods and incorporate what we can.
Once I was invited to a families Thanksgiving dinner. The husband pulled me aside. “My Mom suffers from dementia. She will likely say inappropriate things at times. Please
just smile and ignore them so we dont embarrass her”. Long story short - I got the family to correct what I saw is obvious vision difficulties, and I corrected the hearing difficulties and a Christmas dinner, she answered all questions correctly, was involved and animated and showed sign of impairment.
I am a hearing specialist, and so is my wife. We have had patients who actually have had their dementia diagnosis recinded when we were able to get them hearing clearly, and music therapy is something we instinctively have developed and used on our own for 15 years. Would love to learn more about the clinical methods and incorporate what we can.
Once I was invited to a families Thanksgiving dinner. The husband pulled me aside. “My Mom suffers from dementia. She will likely say inappropriate things at times. Please
just smile and ignore them so we dont embarrass her”. Long story short - I got the family to correct what I saw is obvious vision difficulties, and I corrected the hearing difficulties and a Christmas dinner, she answered all questions correctly, was involved and animated and showed sign of impairment.
I can confirm that joining a choir is beneficial, I joined at age 69 too.
You had me at “You Are My Sunshine”… a song I sang to all my grandbabies… ❣️
Great tip!