The RSS feed in my mail comes from Apple and consists of tidbits of information about new products. I clicked the most recent feed today and found an amazing story and trailer for a documentary, Alive Inside of Us. The film, which has now been released – a limited release – explores the power of music to restore memory in patients with Alzheimer’s.
Patients in an Alzheimer’s facility were fitted with earphones connected to iPods (the reason Apple carried this feed). Most of these patients are very elderly – 80s and 90s, and are in advanced stages of Alzheimer’s. The iPods held music from the patients’ earlier lives and their transformation is stunning.
My mother had Alzheimer’s for about seven years, so I found this powerful clip especially moving. What a difference this might have made for her. The film won’t be shown in Florida until September – and then, in only two cities, Winter Park and Sarasota. It’s on my MUST SEE list.
I’ll also see this when it comes here. It does look fascinating. Thanks! 🙂
This is a great idea, I look forward to perhaps being able to see the film. My mother has fairly advanced dementia, and although her spirits are good, I would like to try this with her, to see if it could energize her………..
Amazing – I have to pass this on.
And it reminds me of what I was thinking about how I felt when watching myself on old videos of 33 years ago. I loved that feeling.
I can’t wait to see the full documentary!
This has similarities to the monastery experiment mentioned in Joe Dispenza’s book. The success seems to be because the music was from when they were younger. Perhaps if we could recreate the feelings from years back … well, who knows!
That similarity struck me, too.