Music helps elderly remember


IT won’t cure dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, but music can nevertheless help sufferers “wake up” their memories, reveals a moving documentary presented at the Sundance Film Festival.

Alive Inside: A Story of Music & Memory, the debut feature film by Michael Rossato-Bennett, follows the efforts of one man to convince Americans of the benefits of music on people with dementia or Alzheimer’s.

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