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Music therapy eHealth supporting people with dementia
Music therapy‘Music therapy helps to calm people with dementia if they experience states of agitation,’ says Professor Felicity Baker, University of Melbourne. Felicity’s research shows that singing to people with dementia improves their symptoms. ‘This is amazing because dementia is a degenerative disease,’ she says.‘Music also generates autobiographical recall. If someone with dementia listens to music they know, it stimulates their memories.