Dementia care: Re‑envisioning the role of music
medicalxpress - As a certified music therapist, I have observed firsthand the many ways music can bring meaning and beauty into people's lives, even under very difficult circumstances. Much of my clinical work and research has occurred in dementia care. Here, music is of…
AI Summary: Clinicians and care teams are repositioning music from a pleasant diversion to a core therapeutic tool in dementia care. Targeted music interventions are shown to soothe agitation, trigger memories, support communication and daily routines, and empower caregivers. Programs emphasize personalized playlists, staff training and integrating music into clinical care pathways—because sometimes a song works where a pill does not.
- Care priorities, prevention and sensory supports for dementia (4)
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Care priorities, prevention and sensory supports for dementia
Music and expressive non-drug therapies in dementia care
Novel electronic health record-based marker can identify at-risk transplant patients and reduce organ rejection
medicalxpress - A new multicenter study led by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai suggests that a novel electronic health record-based marker can help clinicians identify transplant patients at high risk for organ rejection because they are not ta…
AI Summary: Teams developed and validated an electronic‑health‑record derived marker that flags transplant recipients at elevated risk of organ rejection. The tool integrates routinely collected clinical data to trigger earlier review and intervention, promising to reduce rejection events if deployed thoughtfully within clinical workflows rather than buried in another alert pile.