Sunday, May 2, 2010

Living with a terrible disease that dance therapy can help..

After watching this video you will see first hand how Dementia and Alzheimer's effects not only the patients life, but also their family and friends. Dementia and Alzheimer’s are two extremely life altering diseases which have no known cure so it is unbelievable that the dance and movement intervention noted that dance therapy has shown statistical improvements in these patient's lives! Although no measurable changes in memory occurred, self-care and planning tasks are a huge step in the right direction for memory loss patients such as those diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. More information and improvements on dance movement therapy intervention programs are rapidly occurring across the globe and hopefully we will see more progress in geriatric care using dance and movement therapy.

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