We're so excited about all the questions raised and great ideas shared through the Rubin Museum of Art Brainwaves series festival screening of our amazing documentary, Alive Inside that is still in final stages of production.  Aside from the overwhelming response of millions of viewers inspired by our trailer online, many new advances in the research of Alzheimer's and the brain have inspired us to empower the many volunteers who have contacted us from both the care giving and the therapeutic music communities to come together in further discussion.

We've issued a call out to the community to find new resources on the care and assistance and give those pioneers an international voice to communicate their strategies on how to get programs that are working, like Music & memory. 

The idea doesn't have to be new or earth-shattering, we're just working to create a launch pad to help potential volunteers, policy makers, and administration staff find the information they need!

We're looking for: 

Music Therapists 
Care Givers and Family Members 
Nursing Home Staff 
Administrators and Policy Makers
Those Interested in Music Therapy careers 
Technology Specialists 
General News Article Contributors 
Volunteers who can make everyone aware of news stories
Those diagnosed with Alzheimer's and dementia 
Personal stories both uplifting and challenging 

Please drop us a note at the contact form if you have an interest in being included in our volunteer advisory committee!
Music & Memory Volunteer Team
4/22/2012 10:15:18 am

We check comments periodically but please forward requests directly about Music and Memory to our contact form. A wide range of other therapeutic and Alzheimer's / dementia related topics as well as new resources on therapeutic music and how to help will be posted here.

If you have an idea for a post topic, or you'd like to submit a post yourself, please let us know at our contact form!

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Michelle Gardiner
4/28/2012 09:32:31 am

I viewed Alive Inside at the Rubin last week and, like so many in the audience, was moved and blown away! While not a surprise because I'm familiar with the science behind it, it was nonetheless simply profound. Graduating in two weeks with an MSW from NYU, my internships have focused in geriatrics and end-of-life care. At last year's internship in a nursing home I started a group for the residents called Music & Memory to try to accomplish some of the same goals as your program. I wasn't aware of your iPod program, but did find the research done by Dr. Tomaino. Today I emailed the administrator of that nursing home to tell him about the iPod program...I'm telling everyone I know about it! I'll be looking for way to get involved. Thank you for making such a huge difference in so many people's lives.

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7/9/2012 02:33:15 pm

Great site, was just reading and doing some work when I found this page

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