News & Stories

Hello! I wanted to give you a brief update on StoriesLoveMusic and it's development.  This winter, with all the snow, ice and cold temps; we may forget that their are groups of elders, who must stay inside to stay safe and warm. I thought, this is the perfect...

Yesterday we gathered at Alzheimer's Association NY Chapter on Lexington Avenue in Manhattan for our graduation ceremony and party! What a journey it's been so far. It may sound strange, but taking this dementia care course and developing my StoriesLoveMusic program...

I just completed my last Dementia Care class at Alzheimer's Association this week and we have graduation next week! I wholeheartedly recommend this association and their classes, they are an AMAZING resource. They have chapters all over the country and educate both...

What i am learning, is that people with Dementia live in that place, the place that is the moment of the HERE AND NOW. And when you are with them, spending time with them, they lead you to this place. They want you to be in the moment of here and now with them. So the...

To start, i would love to share a story about something that happened during one of our StoriesLoveMusic Events at an Alzheimer's unit of a Brooklyn Elder Residence. We had just played our song called Traveling and i was asking if someone thought about a special place...

I chose to use this photograph again, the one from the march in Washington, to show the same need in Dementia and Alzheimer's community. The need to feel SEEN and HEARD. Yesterday was my first day of training and research on those with Dementia and the amazing care...

After the 2nd class of Dementia care training for care givers, i see what my main goal in here is. Not just to create my StoriesLoveMusic program, but to really wrap my head with compassion for what is really happening here. People you and i know and love, may lose...