Nursing homes are filled with patients who have dementia and/or alzheimers. If you share the music from their pasts, chances are they will be able to tell you things that they had forgotten and could not remember until they heard that special song from their past.
Indie artist Debra Cohen opened for Joan Jett at The Rat in Boston in the 80’s (CD “Eighties”). She did a lil too much partying and met her Maker while OD-ing, which sent her off to Israel to find out about the Jewish Jesus. Once she discovered his teachings (Torah), she started writing contemporary praise and worship, while dabbling in her rock roots. After deciding that the corporate world was not for her, she became a yoga teacher, author, and facilitates a singing circle, “Soul Sing”, as a community service for social prescribing in Clearwater, FL: DebraCohenMusic.com
