Music and Alzheimer's Disease


What is it about music that makes it so apparently resilient to the ravages of Alzheimer’s disease?...




Dotty Stars in Breakfast with Harvey


Dotty is 94 years old and suffers from Alzheimer's disease. Harvey is a repeat parrot and right now is Dotty's best friend...



Harvey is also one of the 15 million Alzheimer's caregivers.

Dotty spends about two hours a day with Harvey. Harvey is very good at getting information out of Dotty. For example, she might tell him she has a "splitting headache". Most Alzheimer's patients are not very good at communicating this kind of information.

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