News of the Week - 5/23/25
Observations About Some Things That Caught My Eye
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Now Carried by Dubai Healthcare Speakers.
Mindfully Using Music with Dementia, and 'A Playlist for Life.'
Veterans including couple married for 74 years guests of honour at VE Day party.
Chimpanzee drumming shares the building blocks of human musicality.
2nd edition of Music Therapy Handbook Available.
Dutch nursing home offers free rent to college students in exchange for their time and companionship.
Just Funny - Kentucky boy uses mother’s phone to order 70K Dum-Dum suckers.
Here’s When to Worry About Random Memory Lapses.
The worst time to exercise for a good night’s sleep.
A Doctor’s Science-Backed Formula for Aging Better.
There Are Ways to Die With Dignity, but Not Like This.
Dubai Healthcare Speakers
I am honored to now be part of the roster for Dubai Healthcare Speakers. I have deep experience in the Middle East, having keynoted the first two Middle East Conferences on Healthcare Marketing, consulted with King Faisal Specialist Hospital, and taught throughout the region.
Mindfully Using Music with Dementia, and 'A Playlist for Life.'
Substack - The publication - Carer Mentor: Empathy & Inspiration - here on Substack published an exceptional article on what we are doing at Sage Stream and also what I do in my “other” professional life, with a wonderful shout-out to the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function.
Veterans including couple married for 74 years guests of honour at VE Day party
The Independent - athleen and Roy Lawrence — ages 101 and 100, respectively — have been married for 74 years (!) and both served in Britain’s Royal Air Force during World War II. The duo gathered with fellow veterans on to mark 80 years since the war ended in Europe.
Chimpanzee drumming shares the building blocks of human musicality
University of St. Andrews - Wild chimpanzees drum with rhythm, and that chimpanzee drumming shares some rhythmic properties with human music.
2nd edition of Music Therapy Handbook
INMF - Executive Director of the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function, Connie Tomaino, announced the 2nd edition of Music Therapy Handbook has just been published, including the chapter, Music Therapy and the Brain, which sheco-authored with Dr. Kimberly Sena Moore. Find it here.
Dutch nursing home offers free rent to college students in exchange for their time and companionship
Good Good Good - Twelve years ago, a Dutch nursing home — the Woon-en Zorgcentrum Humanitas Deventer — implemented a unique program.
In exchange for 30 hours of their time and companionship each month, local college students could live in the care center rent-free.
Kentucky boy uses mother’s phone to order 70K Dum-Dum suckers to share with his friends
AP - A Kentucky mom found herself in a bit of a sticky mess when her eight year-old son used her phone to order 70,000 Dum-Dum lollipops. Holly LaFavers says she discovered a more than $4,000 charge to Amazon.
Here’s When to Worry About Random Memory Lapses
Self - As you age, you may briefly blank on someone’s name or take a bit longer to work through mentally arduous tasks like your taxes. Just like the rest of your body, your brain changes as you get older, so feeling mildly forgetful and thinking a little more slowly is par for the course. But experts say true memory loss—the kind that disrupts your day-to-day functioning—isn’t “normal” in any decade of your life.
The worst time to exercise for a good night’s sleep
WAPO - Working out within four hours of bedtime can make it harder to fall asleep, a new study shows.
A Doctor’s Science-Backed Formula for Aging Better
MSN - Dr. Eric Topol wanted to know if genes were the reason some people live to very old ages without major health problems.
There Are Ways to Die With Dignity, but Not Like This
NYT - Explore the medieval practice of ars moriendi, or the art of dying — a more accepting, less fearful, more community-based approach to the end of life.
“Your most precious, valued possessions and your greatest powers are invisible and intangible. No one can take them. You, and you alone, can give them.”
– W. CLEMENT STONE
