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Music and Memory

Music therapy session at the SelfHelp Home. Music therapy for dementia. Photo by Brittany Edelmann

Making music engages the brain and improves mood Nine residents at The Selfhelp Home, a senior living community in Edgewater, gathered in a circle one spring morning, holding frame drums. “I feel like singing,” said Doris, a Selfhelp resident, hitting her drum with a mallet.  That was the group’s goal: for residents with dementia to […]