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IT MAY BE JUST TAKE A NICE
VACATION.
IT'S -- [INAUDIBLE].
MUSIC CAN BE POWERFUL IN
MANY WAYS . HOW IT CAN HELP
THOSE STRUGGLING ALZHEIMER'S.
I'M HERE WITH ANN WHO SINGS
WITH THE CHURCH I GO TO.
EVERY NOW AND THEN.
TELL ME YOU ARE -- AN
AMBASSADOR WITH MUSIC AND
MEMORY.
YES.
Reporter: TELL US ABOUT THAT
AND THEN YOU CAN KIND OF TRY --
SPUR OUR MEMORIES.
OKAY.
MUSIC AND MEMORY WAS STARTED BY
A NEW YORK SOCIAL WORKER WHO
BASICALLY SAID IF I'M EVER IN A
NURSING HOME I WANT ACCESS TO
MY MUSIC.
HE DID A LITTLE TEST.
HE TOOK PERSONALIZED PLAY LISTS
WHICH MEANS YOU FIND OUT THE
SONGS THAT YOU LOVE, WHAT ARE
THOSE SONG THAT ARE SPECIAL TO
EACH INDIVIDUAL INTO MEMORY
CARE FACILITIES AND WHAT
HAPPENED NEXT WAS UNBELIEVABLE
THAT IT JUST STARTED THIS WHOLE
MOVEMENT.
MUSIC SO CLOSE TO MEMORY.
SO TRUE .
Reporter: YOU HEAR A SONG
AND --.
YOU GO RIGHT BACK.
Reporter: HERE IS -- HERE IS
AN EXAMPLE.
WHEN I FIND MYSELF IN TIMES OF
TROUBLE MOTHER MARY COMES TO
ME.
SPEAKING WORDS OF WISDOM, LET
IT BE.
SO, FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE THE
BEATLES BRING BACK MEMORIES.
DOES THAT SONG BRING BACK?
BIG TIME.
I GOT REALLY EMOTIONAL BECAUSE
I WAS THINKING ABOUT THOSE
TIMES IN MY LIFE.
INSTANTLY.
HERE IS ANOTHER.
I SEE TREES OF GREEN, RED ROSES
TOO, I SEE THEM BLOOM FOR ME
AND FOR YOU.
AND I THINK TO MYSELF WHAT A
WONDERFUL WORLD.
SO I WAS DOING A PRESENTATION
AT A ROTARY AND I SANG THAT AND
ASKED WHAT MEMORIES DOES THAT
BRING BACK AND THIS WONDERFUL
WOMAN IN THE BACKGROUND SAID
THE FIRST DATE I EVER HAD WITH
MY HUSBAND.
WE WENT TO WATCH GOOD MORNING
VIETNAM AND THAT'S THE FIRST
TIME I EVER HEARD THAT SONG.
SHE WAS BACK THERE AT THAT
MOMENT.
HERE SAY SONG THAT WORKS FOR
ME.
WHEN THE SUN BEATS DOWN AND
BURNS THE TAR UP ON THE ROOF.
I KNOW YOU KNOW THIS ONE.
YOU WILL SING WITH ME.
YOUR SHOES GET SO HOT YOU WISH
YOUR TIRED FEET WERE FIRE
PROOF.
YOU WANT TO SING.
UNDER THE BOARDWALK, DOWN BY --
I WAS 16.
EVEN THOUGH THAT WAS WRITTEN
YEARS BEFORE I WAS BORN.
I WAS 16.
I WAS LIVING IN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA.
MY MOM FOUND OUT THAT THE
DRIFTERS WERE COMING TO A
TRAVELING FAIR.
SHE OBVIOUSLY GOT US TICKETS.
WE WERE SITTING THERE IN THE
BLEACHERS AND SITTING WATCHING
THEM IN THEIR SUITS SINGING
THAT SONG.
EVERY TIME I HEAR IT.
YOU GO BACK.
I DO.
MUSIC AND MEMORY.
ANN WILL STAY.
WE WILL INTRODUCE TO YOU SOME
PEOPLE AND TELL YOU ABOUT
EVENTS AND HOW YOU CAN HELP
PEOPLE SUFFERING DEMENTIA BY
DONATING YOUR I-POD AND TELL
YOU ABOUT SPECIAL EVENTS, ONE
COMING UP NEXT WEEK.
IT'S A FUNDRAISER.
THANK YOU ANN.
STICK AROUND.
GETTING EMOTIONAL.
SAW TEARS IN YOUR EYES,