Music and the mind. Neuroscientists have linked music, emotion, and memory to one part of the brain. A one-of-a-kind choir in Illinois is using that research to stimulate memories in people with early ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- Dementia is a disease that affects 5.5 million Americans. A new community choir is rallying around those with the common but often misunderstood condition. The Life-Long Singers ...

Jan. 2—A new choir will be forming in Stillwater. The Raising Voices Chorus is a "dementia-friendly" choir that will serve the Stillwater area through song, said Coordinator Sarah DeYong. Everyone is ...

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 ...

A choir for people with Alzheimer's disease or other types of dementia, and their caregivers, starts Jan. 10 at Calvary Lutheran Church in Grand Forks. The choir, dubbed "The Unforgettables," is being ...

A choir in Orange County is using music to give people with dementia a dose of music therapy. OK Chorale meets at Laguna Country United Methodist Church every week and uses music to target everything ...

When people age and begin to lose their memory, they can become isolated or lose touch with community and family. As Kerry Sheridan of member station WUSF reports, music can help build those ...

Some of the members of CAPI USA's Hmong folk choir sing together in Brooklyn Center. The group formed in December 2023 to provide a space for community and expression for Hmong community members with ...

Recognition and smiles crawled across the elderly faces as "Oh Susanna" filled the church. The men and women had come by bus from six long-term care residences, and they sat in the pews at Appleton's ...

When J.L. Gallese's father entered the later stages of dementia, music became a regular element of his care. There were a few LPs of old TV show theme songs that he loved, and they played on ...

DULUTH — After a nearly two-year hiatus, Duluth's dementia-friendly chorus is ready to sing again. The Victory Chorus is a pair of choirs that welcome people living with dementia or other cognitive ...