Can Dancing Hands Tending Alzheimer's Patients Travel To A Greater Extent Than There?
As fourth dimension goes on I am coming to an of import revelation -- Alzheimer's is well-nigh "more" together with non well-nigh "less". It is upward to each together with everyone of us to become "there".
By Max Wallack together with Bob DeMarco
“Dancing Hands” is a programme that uses hand tapping together with music to engage Alzheimer’s patients.
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I intend providing music inward a grouping setting, combined alongside the creative outlet of producing “taps”, illustrates that persons suffering from Alzheimer's savor engaging inward creative activities.
I spent some fourth dimension studying the reactions together with the faces of the Alzheimer’s patients equally they engaged inward this activity inward the video below:
Six women together with i teacher participate. Watch the video together with await at the reactions of the private women. I convey numbered the women clockwise, showtime later the instructor.
Woman seat out 1, inward the blueish shirt, seems to endure able to participate inward all aspects of the exercise. We don’t actually come across her facial expressions.
Woman seat out 2, inward the ruby-red striped shirt, oft stops together with watches others. Watch her facial expression. At 26 seconds into the video, she stops tapping. She apparently has a hard fourth dimension next the activity correctly, but then, at 39 seconds, she is apparently concentrating together with participating again.
Woman seat out 3, inward the lite blue, remains smiling throughout. She has a real peaceful await on her face. Strangely, her tap instruments acquire changed (shortened) inward the middle of the music. She oft looks some at others.
Woman seat out 4, inward pink, participates real little. She has problem following. Yet, she smiles together with looks around. It appears to me that she smiles because she inward enjoying beingness surrounded past times other people who are happy.
Woman seat out 5, inward white, is my personal favorite. She actually tries to participate, together with she finds some of it difficult. Then, suddenly, when shown to tap on her head, she connects together with “she gets it”. She realizes it’s a joke together with breaks out inward a dandy smile. There’s the “more there” look! ( at 1:11 into the video) We fifty-fifty hear i mortal express joy out loud at that point.
Woman seat out 6, inward blue, has a to a greater extent than oft than non blank expression. However, at 1 infinitesimal five seconds into the video, she looks some together with attempts to re-create what others are doing.
Many projects convey begun videotaping sessions of this sort. I intend that looking dorsum at these videos together with noticing the expressions of the patients tin give dandy insight into what actually works.
Max Wallack is thirteen. He has the powerfulness to await beyond the obvious at a immature age. Max noticed "more there" piece visiting his Great Grams inward diverse Alzheimer's assist facilities. He knew he wanted to produce something, but it took to a greater extent than than a yr until the vision came into his hear -- Puzzles to Remember. Through Max's efforts thousands of Alzheimer's patient some the soil are experiencing "more there" moments.
Somehow, immature people come across something real unlike when they await Alzheimer's inward the eye. They come across the mortal they ever knew. They desire to engage the mortal the agency they ever have. Instead of deciding this is non the mortal I convey ever known, they produce the contrary -- they shove Alzheimer's to the side. It powerfulness audio trite, but they only tell "No" to Alzheimer's disease.
The lesson to endure learned hither is uncomplicated together with direct forward. As adults nosotros require to only tell "No" to the behaviors that drive us crazy. The focus should endure on discovering "more there", instead of obsessing on what is "not there".
The regain that at that topographic point is "more there" leads to a sense of joy and fulfillment. Not the feelings of exasperation, frustration, together with angst that Alzheimer's caregivers oft limited equally they vent to friends together with family.
The Alzheimer's patients instruct us that at that topographic point is "more there." Perhaps they are sending us a message. Perhaps they are trying to instruct the Alzheimer's caregiver that at that topographic point is "more there". More within the Alzheimer's caregiver.
I know from my ain experience that y'all convey to accomplish for it together with regain the "more" inward your ain way.
I am becoming convinced that the "more" is within each together with every person.
As fourth dimension goes on I am coming to an of import revelation -- Alzheimer's is well-nigh "more" together with non well-nigh "less". It is upward to each together with everyone of us to become "there".
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