Music iPad Alzheimers Playlist

Those of us who have loved ones with Alzheimer’s or dementia can start music therapy projects of our own. Create a playlist on your computer or iPad using a music streaming service like Spotify and Pandora or consider buying your loved one a simple MP3 player like an iPod Shuffle. Look for clues in their facial gestures and body language to gauge the effect the song is having on their mood. Music can be stimulating or soothing. It can conjure a range of emotions from elation and joy to melancholy, irritation and relief. Music can turn a bad mood around, trigger lost memories, connect people to each other and ground them to the present moment. Sample Song Playlist: Music for Dementia Therapy. Dementia patients vary in their response to music depending on which stage of the disease they’re experiencing, but it can also change from day to day. What music should you play for your loved one? Whatever works.


“You Are My Sunshine” “She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain “You Are My Sunshine” “This Land is Your Land” “Amazing Grace” “Over the Rainbow” – Judy Garland “Pennies from Heaven” – Bing Crosby “Moonlight Serenade” – Glen Miller “A-Tisket A-Tasket” – Ella Fitzgerald “Moon Glow” – Benny Goodman “Nature Boy” – Nat King Cole “Memories are Made of This” – Dean Martin “Wheel of Fortune” – Kay Starr “Five Minutes More” – Frank Sinatra “Look for the Silver Lining” – Chet Baker The Goldberg Variations – J.S. Bach classical “It Can Happen” - Creamydk “This Sunday” - Meko Starr “Good Girl” - Brandon Vee “What If”- Tyron tHa iCon “Over Her” – Manuscript “Hustle the Flow” – Gemini Jollies “Switch Your Jeans” – Katrina

Neurologic music therapy (NMT) is an advanced form of music therapy that utilizes evidence-based techniques to treat the brain. These techniques emphasize the use of music and rhythm to achieve non-musical goals in the areas of cognition, physical movement, and speech. The Center for Biomedical Research in Music defines NMT as “the therapeutic application of music to cognitive, sensory, and motor dysfunctions due to disease of the human nervous system.”