Healing With Harmony: Utilizing Music Therapy in the Coler Memory Care Unit

Imagine if some biotech enterprise announced the discovery of a drug that could alleviate the distressing symptoms of those with dementia by improving their ability to express themselves and helping them to feel joy. Suppose this drug could also help to decrease falls, combat delirium, improve concentration, relieve pain, and reduce usage of mind-altering medications? Wouldn’t such a story surely dominate the news? Although a drug like that is but a fantasy, a safe and effective modality has been in use for a long time: music and memory programs can achieve similar results.