Music Therapy and Dementia in Eagle, Idaho

It is exciting to meet people for the first time and see there reaction to the music therapy.  I recently started working with a man in the later stages of dementia.  He could verbalize one to two word phrases and they were all out of context.  In short he had a disconnection with people and the world around him.  But because music therapy is awesome (I'm pretty sure there is research that proves it is awesome), as soon as the music began his face lit up and he sang with me for the entire session.  The music made a connection with him, and he was able to make meaningful connection with his wife through the music as well.