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Carol Bradley Bursack

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posted 07/01/2008, comments (0)

People With Dementia Can Often Enjoy the Past in the Present

My sister works for Prairie Public, our PBS station here on - well, here on the prairie. Prairie Public religiously runs the old Lawrence Welk shows, which are nearly fought over by underwriters, as they are so loyally watched. Lawrence Welk was born in tiny Strasburg, ND and died in 1992 in Santa Monica, CA. He had a large national... Read more Chevron

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Carol Bradley Bursack

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posted 05/07/2008, comments (5)

Music Therapy Helps Some Regain Speech After Stroke

A story that can only be called "heartwarming" was recently published by The New York Times online. Titled, "At 60, He Learned to Sing So He Could Learn to Talk," the story is about how a man regained his ability to talk after a stroke - by singing. The story explains the brain hemispheres involved, but it's the singing that made the... Read more Chevron

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posted 02/04/2008, comments (2)

Music and Memory: Remembering the Good Ol' Days With Mom

As I work through the process of mourning Mom's death, I find that music - especially certain songs - tend to cause the tears to flow. Sometimes the songs are not surprising in their ability to tap into the well of grief, but other times a particular grouping of musical notes, a certain phrasing of words, an unusual inflection in the... Read more Chevron

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