Musical Minds

Supporting Adults With Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s Through

Neurologic Music Therapy (NMT)

Do you live with Parkinson’s? Alzheimer’s?

Are You Struggling With?…

• gait control and fluid movements

• motor planning

• cognitive function: memory, executive function, language

• reality orientation

• speech and communication

• respiratory muscle strength

• social interaction with individuals having similar experiences

• motivation and self-confidence

• opportunities for creative self-expression

• emotional regulation and/or depression

Musical Minds is a group therapy program for individuals with Parkinson’s and/or Alzheimer’s to experience music-making together in a fun and safe environment, while also working on a variety of goals such as improving cognitive functioning memory, reality orientation, speech and language, self-expression, motor skills, gait control, respiratory muscle control, social connection, confidence, emotional regulation and much more.

We also welcome and highly encourage family members and partners to join in the music making session.

What to expect?

Participants will be given an equal opportunity to express themselves through music, playing instruments, writing songs, singing favorite songs, adapted movements to preferred music, and much more! *No musical skills required

Musical Minds focuses on the evidence-based research in NMT to support individual goals in a group setting as well as connect and support one another.

What is Neurologic Music Therapy? Click Here to Learn More

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NMT and Research…

Facilitates better movement by using rhythm and auditory stimuli as a way to facilitate functional movements as well as improve mood (Baker, Clark, & Taylor, 2012; Rice & Thaut, 2016).

Therapeutic singing has been found to be effective in meeting the needs of those with dementia in promoting successful communication with others (Emami, Engström, Götell, & Hammar, 2011; Gianelli & Raglio, 2009) Not only is therapeutic singing used to promote communication, but it has been found to increase social interaction as well (Hittinger, Horváthová, Mastnak, & Vörösová, 2017).

An experimental study by (Harrison, 2019) found that singing at different tempos, either aloud or mentally, can improve gait and offered insight into how internal cueing techniques can improve motor performance for older adults and people with PD.

Check out these powerful videos showcasing the effects of music with those living with Parkinson’s and/or Alzheimer’s.