That’s good enough for me…
Posted: June 12, 2016 Filed under: FEMINISM | Tags: ageing, Chaka Khan, Cookie Monster, dementia, Elder Clowns, family members with dementia, I like to sing, music therapy, old age, PRINCE, scientific studies, senility, Sinead O'Connor, singing dancing and Clown Doctoring, singing is good for the soul, songs in the key of life, Stevie Wonder 2 CommentsLast week I arrived at my mother’s nursing home to find she was watching Julie Andrews on the big screen TV with a group of other residents. She was very happy singing along to Edelweiss and Climb Every Mountain.
Then I read that a study by U.S. scientists has shown that the brain function of those suffering from dementia can be improved if they belt out their favourite show tunes.
Researchers working with elderly residents at a US East Coast care home in a four-month long study found that people who sang their favorite songs showed a marked improvement compared to those who just listened.
Among the songs sung during 50-minute sessions were hits from The Wizard of Oz, Oklahoma and The Sound of Music.
The most improvement was among those sufferers with moderate to severe dementia. I must keep my mama singing.
When my kids put me in a home for bewildered single mothers, hopefully I’ll be busting some moves to Gett Off by Prince, and my favourite Stevie Wonder and Chaka Khan tunes. But I’ll probably be warbling, “C is for Cookie, Cookie, Cookie, Cookie start with C. Yeah!” on repeat.
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