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At her daily sessions with dementia patients, Luizzi turns
tunes such as Louis Armstrong’s “Wonderful World” into a
group conversation about the artist, his life and the
uplifting lyrics. “Everybody’s happy,” she says, adding
Name That Tune games are also big hits.
“Every little thing that we do matters to them,”
she says.
And there’s more. A big goal is forming a
chorus of dementia patients, caregivers and the
public when the center moves to larger space in
North Naples.
“Music will not cure loss of memory,” Luizzi
emphasizes. “But music engages the memories that
are there and can stimulate the possibility of a new
memory.”
“I love what I do,” she says. “I don’t work a single day
in my life.”
Music is being used as real medicine
to treat local people of all ages. therap y
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