Today, we danced...

"She likes 60's music," said the hopeful daughter of an endstage Alzheimer's patient.
Her mother wanders all day and is not focused on or attracted to anything. We put the music on and she got the rhythm in her body and we danced the swing. It was natural. It touched my heart and was fun. Her daughter stood there and cried. There is nothing like bringing the arts into a setting like this. They respond to pictures and color, lively music, and expression....face to face. It is needed more than I can say. After spending time expressing this way back and forth, I walk out of the Alzheimer's Unit encouraged and very happy.