Once I Was Lost, But Now Am Found

We’ve all heard that music is therapeutic. But as Dan Cohen illustrates in the amazing documentary, Alive Inside, the right music can literally help people lost to dementia find themselves again. When Dan realized this to be true, he made it his mission to get iPods and headphones into every nursing home in America where many folks afflicted by dementia are left to fade away. In the film, you see person after person transform from withdrawn and confused to fully animated versions of their former selves, happily retelling their life stories. The igniting force? Their favorite songs. And the effects are lasting, much more effective than any prescription drug. For more information, visit Music & Memory and you can watch the entire documentary on Netflix or YouTube. You’ll be happy you did.