Singing has made a huge difference.
Up until about 6 weeks ago my wife, who has AZ, had difficulty eating, speaking and was bed bound because she could not walk.
She has has AZ for about 7 years but the last year has been very stressful, so much so that I could no longer care for her myself o she had to go into a care home that specialises in Dementure patients.
That is the bad news. The good news is that at around 6 weeks ago the Doctor took my wife off all her tablets. She began to improve health wise immediately and began eating more of her food. At around this 6 weeks mark I started to take my laptop in with me on my visits which has some karaoki tunes that can be sung along to. I used to sing these tunes to her at her bedside.One day I was surprised when she started to sing the words that were shown on the screen, not a lot but what a surprise.
6 weeks on she is now singing all the tunes (that she likes, she does wind me up sometimes by singing loudly those tunes she does not like) she sings with me, and sometimes on her own, word for word off the laptop screen. She also began to talk and take more notice of her surroundings, she was more alert. She can now get out of bed and is beginning to walk with a zimmer frame.
I believe that her great improvement has come from a) not taking any more pills and b) Music in the form of singalong.
It really is incredible the change that has come over her. Has anyone else found music to have helped Alzheimers patients?
