《Old, only till today》
Taiwan Elderly and Dementia Music Therapy
Promotion Association
Take you to prevent old age with music
Organized by the ” Taiwan Elderly and Dementia Music Therapy Promotion Association ” and the “Bogu Culture and Art Exhibition Troupe”, a concert of “Salute to the Medical and Elderly in Taiwan” was invited Domestic surgeon and Han-Sun Chiang M.D.,Ph.D participated in the piano performance. There are also many vocalists, choirs and seniors from the silver-haired Race who participated in the concert, hoping to pay the highest tribute to the medical and senior citizens in Taiwan through the concert.
The “Taiwan Elderly and Dementia Music Therapy Promotion Association” combines music and medical treatment to prevent dementia for the elderly in Taiwan.The Association provide that how to learn singing the old song and music performance, so that the elders can activate deep memory, enhance the activation of brain lobe cells, and prevent dementia. At the same time, assist professional medical staff and provide home care, professional Senior nurses, learn more professional music therapy training and apply for certification, so that music combined with medical treatment can be applied more smoothly. With the aid of music, we provide gentle and dignified care to the elders. The Association also holds international academic seminars from time to time, inviting medical professionals and music scholars from all over the world to jointly study the improvement of music to prevent the senile dementia in the elderly, and hope that it will reach the overall control of the general public and the medical system and make it more effective for the function and purpose of music therapy.
The melody of songs selected in the concert are also close to the memory of the elders. We hope that song with the elders,and the voices can touching the elders’ memories, it will enhance the function of music recall therapy, and singing can also promote mental health. As art enters the folk, the “Bogu Culture and Art Performance Troupe” gives back to the society, cares about the issue of population aging, and actually works with the professionals of the ” Taiwan Elderly and Dementia Music Therapy Promotion Association ” to participate in the concrete performance of social services.