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IPODs and alzheimer

pinkskates4 — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 04:25:58 GMT

Saw this on the news tonight.

Apparently there is a project to create personal playlists for alzheimers patients - with remarkable effect.

Cool! Music is therapeutic on so many levels.

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Deb1010again — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 04:51:42 GMT

That is great! I wish they knew things like this when my grandmother was first diagnosed back in the 80's. It's good to see they're doing more for Alzheimer's patients.

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kdgn — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 05:20:25 GMT

Hopefully a new study that I read about today will force some action on increasing funding for Alzheimer's research. It said that as many as 500,000 deaths a year are due to this disease. It would be the third leading killer behind heart disease and cancer.

Right now only about 83,000 deaths a year are listed as Alzheimer's because of inaccurate death certificates. The report said Alzheimer and other dementia deaths are under-reported each year. If someone died of pneumonia that would be listed as the immediate cause but they wouldn't have gotten pneumonia if they didn't have Alzheimer's.

Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. The article is on nbc dot com, under Health.

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Magenta — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 17:57:44 GMT

I read this too that it is the top 3rd cause of death in the U.S. I recently saw in Congress someone (celebrity me unknown) who talked about his m-i-l and what she is going through and the room was nearly empty. That's how much our congress cares about this very disease, and hope not they will have to pay the price themselves for this horrendous disease. Shame on the Congress, and I mean everybody who left the room!!!!

Magenta

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Cakers1 — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:01:41 GMT

Dagna: Thanks for posting this. I read a few years ago that Alzheimer patients responded to music from the era where they were younger but didn't respond to music not of their era.

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Cakers1 — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:03:26 GMT

Oh and there is one in my city.

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Topaz Gem — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:11:33 GMT

I heard that on my local news this morning. That's wonderful news, especially since it's having such a positive effect on the patients.

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tansy — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:12:09 GMT

My husband made a tape for my mother that was all her favorite music -- Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme and some of the big bands from the 40s.

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Preds — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 20:06:57 GMT

I saw this on the news last night, too. I think it's wonderful. Can be so calming for them, too.

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Pianomama — Thu, 06 Mar 2014 22:22:26 GMT

My husband is in mid-stage Alzheimers and has some music background of singing/choirs. In fact, he still sings in our church choir some Sundays. I am very interested in this! Instead of mindlessly watching TV all day, I might get him an IPOD and try this out! Thanks for sharing.