Posted by katie at 2:35 pm
Research has shown playing word or number games keeps the brain active and might just slow down, if not prevent, the onset of dementia. Now, music is being added to the recipe.
Posted by katie at 2:34 pm
From the American Music Conference Website:
Senior citizens who are actively involved in music making enjoy significant health benefits. For example, studies who that music activates the cerebellum and therefore may aid stroke victims regain language capabilities.
Many of the challenges that plaque older Americans appear to respond positively to active music making. For example, scientific studies show improvements in the brain chemistry of people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.
Studies show that older Americans who are actively involved in music making show improvements in anxiety, loneliness, and depression-three factors that are critical in coping with stress, stimulating the immune system, and improving health.
A breakthrough study demonstrated that group keyboard lessons given to older Americans had a significant effect on increasing levels of human growth hormone (hGH), which is implicated in such aging phenomena as osteoporosis, energy levels, wrinkling, sexual function, muscle mass, and aches and pains.
Original post: http://www.amc-music.com/seniors_social.htm
Posted by katie at 3:30 pm
Walnut Creek, CA: Senior Approved Services, a group advocating services that accommodate the requirements of senior citizens, recently named Senior Entertainment Enterprises (SEE), producers of Night To Remember DVD, the short-film musical made specifically to enhance the lives of older Americans, a Senior Advocate.
Senior Entertainment Enterprises’ products fit the needs of the senior citizen market, a group often overlooked and underserved with new entertainment. Their most current DVD, Night To Remember is tailored specifically for senior citizens. Generally for those that are 75+ and/or have a condition that limits their mobility or mental capacity. This population is the most untapped, underserved, underrepresented age group in our country. Currently very little is being done to enrich their lives from a non-medical perspective. We believe that for the highest quality of life a person must be engaged and fulfilled on an emotional and physical level.
We are focusing sales on those who are overseeing the care of senior citizens. This generally is a late boomer who is caring for their aging parent; however, it also includes but not limited to activity directors, nurse, hospice worker, grandchildren and children of senior citizens.
“The Senior Approved Services programs are impressive and being approved as a Senior Advocate was important for Senior Entertainment Enterprises,” says Katie Connett, vice president of Marketing and Brand Development at SEE “The code of ethics we share with Senior Approved Services gives our customers even more assurance that Senior Entertainment Enterprises is a trustworthy and responsible company.”
For more information on SEE or “Night To Remember,” visit the company’s Web site, http://www.NightToRememberDVD.com. For more information on Senior Approved Services and its Senior Advocate program, visit the organization’s Web site, http://www.seniorsapprove.com.
About Senior Entertainment Enterprises:
Senior Entertainment Enterprises (SEE) strives to be the most comprehensive resource for the care of older Americans and issues pertaining to aging. By enriching the last years of life, we promote a higher quality of life in all of our communities. Our most recent production is, Night To Remember. This short film musical is dialogue free, features music from the early 50s and is reminiscent of life in the early 50s. It is made specifically with older Americans in mind. This DVD is the first of an unproduced set and provides emotional, mental stimulation with various opportunities for physical involvement.
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