How Music Supports Healthy Aging and Cognitive Health

How Music Supports Healthy Aging and Cognitive Health #Music  #ImprovingCognition  #Connectioins 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: How and why music is so powerful when caring for ourselves and others. Music, Connections, and Normality. Empowerment and Acceptance Benefits to those living with dementia, their care partners, and staff MacPhail Center for Music - Music for Life programs 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.   Alzheimer’s Speaks Blog  https://alzheimersspeaks.com/how-music-supports-healthy-aging-and-cognitive-health/   Watch the Video Interview Below https://youtu.be/3Js5K9IKtWE   Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Apple Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-music-supports-healthy-aging-and-cognitive-health/id986940432?i=1000756075283   Listen and Subscribe to Alzheimer’s Speaks on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/episode/3PAOijAub21afmQlk5YsMF   Other Podcasts https://pod.link/986940432   Dementia Map https://dementiamap.com/events/#!event/2026/3/15/how-music-supports-healthy-aging-and-cognitive-health   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   Contact Lori La Bey with questions or branding needs at https://www.alzheimersspeaks.com/ Alzheimer's Speaks Radio - Shifting dementia care from crisis to comfort around the world one episode at a time by raising all voices and delivering sound news, not just sound bites, since 2011. Alzheimer's Speaks is part of the Senior Resource Podcast Network.Support this Show: https://alzheimersspeaks.com/donate-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.