Overview of “Alive Inside” Documentary, Wednesday, October 22, 7:15 pm, Naro Cinema, Norfolk, VA
The documentary follows social worker Dan Cohen, founder of the nonprofit organization Music & Memory, as he fights against a broken health-care system to demonstrate music’s ability to combat memory loss and restore a deep sense of self to those suffering from it. Rossato-Bennett visits family members who have witnessed the miraculous effects of personalized music on their loved ones, and offers illuminating interviews with experts including renowned neurologist and best-selling author Oliver Sacks (Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain) and musician Bobby McFerrin (“Don’t Worry, Be Happy”).
A dynamic and interactive panel discussion followed the film about arts in dementia care. Panelist included the following Health Care leaders in the Hampton Roads: Dr. Bruce Robertson, Sentara Life Care Corporation, Dr. Robert Bryant, Senior Vice President at Riverside Health System, and Dr. Paul Aravich, Eastern Virginia Medical School.
Thanks to Tidewater Arts Outreach, thanks for bringing a community of Health Care professionals, students, caregivers, seniors and artists passionate about using the arts to assist older adults in the community. Music is so powerful and does make a with older adults with dementia and Alzheimer’s disease.
A post for Tidewater Arts Outreach by: Sonya Barsness, Sonya Barsness MSG, Gerontologist
Sonya Barsness Consulting LLC www.sbcgerontology.com
http://tidewaterartsoutreach.org/blog/
Below are pictures of the event:
Wonderful staff members from ME Cox, Madeline Dunstan from EVMS and Becky Watson are Waiting outside to go inside to see “Alive Inside” at Naro Cinema, Norfolk, VA.
We were in good company! Julie Clark, Krist Zimmerman, Heather Tanksley, Sonya Barsness and Krist Zimmerman — with Julie Clark, Gino Colombara, Heather Tanksley, Sonya Barsness and Krist Zimmerman at Screening of “Alive Inside” @ the Naro.
Cindy Cutler with her husband Craig, with Osman Lambiro and Bruce Robertson from Sentara Life Care — with Cindy Cutler, Osman “Ozzie” Lambiro and Bruce Robertson at Screening of “Alive Inside” @ the Naro.
The Memory Center along with Ozzie Lambiro Sentara-Windermere attended the “Alive Inside” film at the Naro in Norfolk sponsored by Tidewater Arts Outreach. A gloriously inspirational film documenting music’s healing power in Alzheimer patients
EVMS students with Dr. Paul Aravich and Madeline Dunstan from the Glennan Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology
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Don’t Miss the showing of “Alive Inside” at Naro Cinema in Norfolk, VA. Thanks to Tidewater Arts Outreach for bringing this moving documentary that eloquently shows the impact how music transforms the lives of nursing home residents.
Don’t Miss “Alive Inside” today at 7:15 pm Naro Cinema, Norfolk, VA
“Alive Inside” showing today: 10/22/2014 @7:15 pmThanks to Tidewater Arts Outreach for bringing this moving documentary that eloquently shows the impact how music transforms the lives of nursing home…
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