Dan Cohen

Dan Cohen, MSW, founder and CEO of Right to Music, is a passionate advocate for integrating best practice music-based interventions into healthcare, especially long-term care and for all persons with dementia.  In 2010 he founded Music & Memory, a nonprofit organization that promotes the use of personalized music to enhance the well-being of the elderly and infirm. The therapeutic and joyful outcomes of his work are portrayed in the Sundance audience award-winning documentary, "Alive Inside.” You can watch the documentary here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPIORV5NekM He has presented at numerous healthcare and dementia caregiver conferences in the United States and internationally.  Driven by his vision of widespread adoption of music-based interventions, he is focused on advocating for policy changes, raising public awareness, improving research, and modifying the curriculum for future healthcare professionals. Additionally, he is a co-founder of the International Music and Dementia Advocacy Coalition, which seeks to expand global access to music for people with dementia.