Stimulating activities, such as memory games, gentle physical exercises, and music therapy, can help a person with Alzheimer’s maintain cognitive function and potentially delay the progression ...

Music therapy can be beneficial for a number of people and different physical and mental health challenges. Here are the types, how it can help and more.

Soothing music can help ease the anxiety and frustration felt by many people with Alzheimer’s disease. For example, lullabies at bedtime can help your loved one get into bed and fall asleep.

Music has long been more than entertainment. For thousands of years, it’s played a powerful role in healing. Ancient shamans used rhythm and sound to fight illness. Today, nurse practitioners bring ...

Art and music therapy enhance the mental and emotional well-being of the elderly by alleviating isolation, reducing anxiety, ...

Formal music therapy encompasses a range of activities, from listening to soothing background music to doing attention-demanding exercises, Pascual-Leone says. And it works because music connects ...

If you’re living with a condition like depression, anxiety, or recovering from trauma, you may have a hard time talking about how you feel. Expressive therapy through writing, art, music, drama ...

Music therapy plus standard analgesia vs standard care alone reduced pain and anxiety in patients with nontrauma-related pain in the emergency department.

Music therapy activities may include repetitive rhythm games of creating a song with a message. Encouraging patients to respond to the music by singing, with movements or actions can help to speed ...

The effort is described as a “comprehensive music therapy program” at the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, which will support a variety of music therapy activities, including ...