Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase in life expectancy also brings an increase in the number of diseases, ...

November is Alzheimer's awareness month; therefore, I decided to write something optimistic and uplifting about dealing with this grim illness. It needs to be mentioned that Alzheimer's is the most ...

Inspired by her upbringing in South Korea, where caring for older adults is inherent to the culture, Kathy Siepker is channeling a personal connection into her research at The University of Texas at ...

A partnership program between the UNO School of Music and the UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences is studying how music ...

71,000 people in Oklahoma are living with Alzheimer’s, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. In 2022, The Tulsa Opera partnered with a program called Songs By Heart that works to bring live, ...

Nurse Practitioner McClain Maiolo worked with dementia patients for five years and saw a need in the community to do more for those suffering with the disease.

Alexander Strachan’s grandmother had been living with Alzheimer’s disease for several years, and she had reached the point where she couldn’t verbalize much and often didn’t recognize her family. One ...

Is it therapeutic for someone with Alzheimer’s or dementia to listen to a lot of Christmas carols or music around the holidays? Music has often been described as a universal language, and studies have ...

"We need to find ways to engage frontline staff in the delivery of nonpharmaceutical interventions, including early preferred music, to achieve the goal of safe and effective management of ...