Research has shown music therapy can be helpful for people with certain conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, the most common type of dementia, which begins with memory loss and can lead to difficulty with conversation and cognition
Residents of a Singapore nursing home are gleefully dancing to the melodic nostalgic oldies sung by iconic crooning legends, but in a silent disco setting, which is part of a strategy that has been.
Under flashing disco lights, residents at a Singapore care home held hands and danced to golden oldies as part of an initiative to help those with dementia.
Residents with dementia hold hands and dance to golden oldies at a Singapore care home under a silent disco initiative to help those with the disorder. In a silent disco format, they listen to tunes via their headphones. "Studies have generally shown that musical programmes do have positive outcomes on persons with dementia in terms of their overall well-being, cognition and emotion," Grace Wong, Associate Psychologist at Apex Harmony Lodge says.