How Music Supports Healthy Aging and Cognitive Health

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Today, Alzheimer’s Speaks host, Lori La Bey, talks with Andrea Leap, who is a MacPhail voice teacher, a key faculty member in MacPhail’s unique Music for Life program, designed for adults 55 and older. She has more than 20 years of experience providing music education to older adults. In addition, I will be talking with Ann Schrempp, the Dimensions Program Coordinator at Ebenezer Foundation, which runs homes for seniors in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Florida.

Learn:

1. How and why music is so powerful when caring for ourselves and others.
2. Music, Connections, and Normality.
3. Empowerment and Acceptance
4. Benefits to those living with dementia, their care partners, and staff
5. MacPhail Center for Music - Music for Life programs
6. Ebenezer Foundation – Programs they offer

About MacPhail Center for Music
MacPhail Center for Music transforms lives and strengthens communities through the power of music. As the nation’s largest community music school, MacPhail serves more than 15,000 students each year, spanning all ages, abilities, and backgrounds, through individual lessons, group classes, ensembles, and innovative community partnerships. Guided by extraordinary faculty, programs encompass a wide range of musical genres and traditions, fostering creativity, connection, and lifelong learning in Minnesota and beyond.

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Contact and Explore MacPhail's Music for Life Offerings

Website  https://www.macphail.org/  

Facebook    @macphailmusic

https://www.facebook.com/macphailmusic

Instagram    @macphailmusic

https://www.instagram.com/macphailmusic

LinkedIn      @macphail-center-for-music

https://www.linkedin.com/company/macphail-center-for-music

Contact Ebenezer

Website   https://www.ebenezercares.org

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