Singing boosts memory and mood in early Dementia
By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 11-12-2015
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Caregiver-implemented musical leisure activities, particularly singing, are cognitively and emotionally beneficial especially in the early stages of dementia, a new study has found. Researchers at the University of Helsinki in Finland recruited 89 pairs of persons with mild to moderate dementia and their caregivers to a single-blind randomised controlled trial in which they received a 10-week music coaching intervention involving either regular singing or listening to familiar songs or standard care.