By Shelley Scott, Flamborough Information and Community Services
Locked in the memory of every person is a connection to rhythm and melody. Music has a way of easing mental strain and can alter a person’s mood. Rhythm and melody are at the core of music’s beneficial magic.
Music therapy can promote better physical and mental health in a variety of ways, including:
• Relieving boredom: As seniors become less physically active, they can become lost in the silence of their minds from day to day. For some, impaired hearing can contribute to a sense of social disconnection, loneliness and boredom. For seniors with hearing loss, the music volume may need to be louder, or headphones may make it possible for them to enjoy the benefits of music.
• Motivating movement: Even minimal movement – tapping a foot or clapping hands – is enough activity to release pent-up mental and physical stress and dancing is a wonderful way to exercise. Being swept into the rhythm of music can lower blood pressure and stimulate organs in the body.
Whatever level of physical activity a senior is comfortable with can be paired with a musical motivator.
• Rekindling positive memories: Music speaks to our emotions and seniors know the emotional language of music from their day and time. The sounds of Lawrence Welk, for example, can bring back bubbling champagne memories from the big band era or the storytelling cadence of old time country music.
• Shifting negative thinking patterns: Hearing music is a stimulus that can shift a negative thinking pattern. As a daily therapy, listening to music can begin to form a positive thinking cycle by shifting the senior’s attention.
• Calming nervousness: Just as singing a lullaby to a baby can work magic, music can calm a nervous senior. Select music that is slow and peaceful, that evokes a sense of beauty and well-being.
• Encouraging happy thoughts: Happy music lingers in a person’s mind. Upbeat and light music can be like a shot of vitamin C each day.
Flamborough Community Bus
Every second Friday, the community bus will pick you up at your door and take you grocery shopping, then bring you home. The cost is only $ 7/return. Call 905-689-7880 to register. Locked in the memory of every person is a connection to rhythm and melody. Music has a way of easing mental strain and can alter a person’s mood. Rhythm and melody are at the core of music’s beneficial magic.
By Shelley Scott, Flamborough Information and Community Services
Locked in the memory of every person is a connection to rhythm and melody. Music has a way of easing mental strain and can alter a person’s mood. Rhythm and melody are at the core of music’s beneficial magic.
Music therapy can promote better physical and mental health in a variety of ways, including:
• Relieving boredom: As seniors become less physically active, they can become lost in the silence of their minds from day to day. For some, impaired hearing can contribute to a sense of social disconnection, loneliness and boredom. For seniors with hearing loss, the music volume may need to be louder, or headphones may make it possible for them to enjoy the benefits of music.
• Motivating movement: Even minimal movement – tapping a foot or clapping hands – is enough activity to release pent-up mental and physical stress and dancing is a wonderful way to exercise. Being swept into the rhythm of music can lower blood pressure and stimulate organs in the body.
Whatever level of physical activity a senior is comfortable with can be paired with a musical motivator.
• Rekindling positive memories: Music speaks to our emotions and seniors know the emotional language of music from their day and time. The sounds of Lawrence Welk, for example, can bring back bubbling champagne memories from the big band era or the storytelling cadence of old time country music.
• Shifting negative thinking patterns: Hearing music is a stimulus that can shift a negative thinking pattern. As a daily therapy, listening to music can begin to form a positive thinking cycle by shifting the senior’s attention.
• Calming nervousness: Just as singing a lullaby to a baby can work magic, music can calm a nervous senior. Select music that is slow and peaceful, that evokes a sense of beauty and well-being.
• Encouraging happy thoughts: Happy music lingers in a person’s mind. Upbeat and light music can be like a shot of vitamin C each day.
Flamborough Community Bus
Every second Friday, the community bus will pick you up at your door and take you grocery shopping, then bring you home. The cost is only $ 7/return. Call 905-689-7880 to register. Locked in the memory of every person is a connection to rhythm and melody. Music has a way of easing mental strain and can alter a person’s mood. Rhythm and melody are at the core of music’s beneficial magic.
By Shelley Scott, Flamborough Information and Community Services
Locked in the memory of every person is a connection to rhythm and melody. Music has a way of easing mental strain and can alter a person’s mood. Rhythm and melody are at the core of music’s beneficial magic.
Music therapy can promote better physical and mental health in a variety of ways, including:
• Relieving boredom: As seniors become less physically active, they can become lost in the silence of their minds from day to day. For some, impaired hearing can contribute to a sense of social disconnection, loneliness and boredom. For seniors with hearing loss, the music volume may need to be louder, or headphones may make it possible for them to enjoy the benefits of music.
• Motivating movement: Even minimal movement – tapping a foot or clapping hands – is enough activity to release pent-up mental and physical stress and dancing is a wonderful way to exercise. Being swept into the rhythm of music can lower blood pressure and stimulate organs in the body.
Whatever level of physical activity a senior is comfortable with can be paired with a musical motivator.
• Rekindling positive memories: Music speaks to our emotions and seniors know the emotional language of music from their day and time. The sounds of Lawrence Welk, for example, can bring back bubbling champagne memories from the big band era or the storytelling cadence of old time country music.
• Shifting negative thinking patterns: Hearing music is a stimulus that can shift a negative thinking pattern. As a daily therapy, listening to music can begin to form a positive thinking cycle by shifting the senior’s attention.
• Calming nervousness: Just as singing a lullaby to a baby can work magic, music can calm a nervous senior. Select music that is slow and peaceful, that evokes a sense of beauty and well-being.
• Encouraging happy thoughts: Happy music lingers in a person’s mind. Upbeat and light music can be like a shot of vitamin C each day.
Flamborough Community Bus
Every second Friday, the community bus will pick you up at your door and take you grocery shopping, then bring you home. The cost is only $ 7/return. Call 905-689-7880 to register. Locked in the memory of every person is a connection to rhythm and melody. Music has a way of easing mental strain and can alter a person’s mood. Rhythm and melody are at the core of music’s beneficial magic.