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In the battle against Alzheimer’s, families are turning to a music as a way to reconnect with their loved ones. NBC’s Nancy Snyderman reports.
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An unconventional approach to recovery and coping, music therapy is a field of medicine capturing new attention due to its role in helping Gabrielle Giffords recover from a gunshot. Correspondent Spencer Michels reports on the versatility of music in a medical setting, but the difficulty of quantifying its effectiveness. To read more or see the [...]
Gabbie, a four-year-old with leukemia and Down syndrome, participates in music therapy while receiving chemotherapy treatments at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge. The music accompanying the chemo makes the sessions less stressful, her mother said. To read the article or see the video clip, click here.
March is Music Therapy Month The Wisconsin Chapter for Music Therapy is pleased to announce that Governor Scott Walker has proclaimed March 2012 as “Music Therapy Month” in Wisconsin. Music Therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individuals goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed [...]
Gundersen Lutheran music therapist Amy Schaack is releasing a 27-song CD written by the hosptial’s patients and caregivers, including Harland Thorson of Onalaska, who is currently fighting lung cancer. Read more: http://lacrossetribune.com/news/local/music-therapist-puts-together-cd-of-patients-caregivers-songs/article_757924bc-4251-11e1-a0f3-0019bb2963f4.html#ixzz1jy0DqV5a
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