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In her new book, “Music Has Power in Senior Wellness and Healthcare: Best Practices From Music Therapy” (Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 288 pages, $27.95), Concetta Tomaino, D.A., a pioneer in the field, shares more than 40 years of clinical and research experience. With chapters on mental health and wellness, dementia, movement rehabilitation (for stroke and Parkinson’s […]
The Institute for Music and Neurologic Function (IMNF), a nonprofit based on the campus of the Wartburg senior living and health-care complex in Mount Vernon, will once again host the Music has Power Awards, at the Times Center in Manhattan at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 20. This year’s honorees are André De Shields, Broadway performer, activist […]
The Institute for Music and Neurologic Function, part of the Wartburg senior care and services complex in Mount Vernon, is taking part in a trial that uses music and synchronized light therapy to restore brain function in Alzheimer’s patients.
Nearly one million people in the United States are living with Parkinson's disease and about 60,000 people in this country are diagnosed each year with the brain disorder, which primarily affects motor functions.