“Alive Inside” Documentary Film Screening & Reception | Piedmont

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“Alive Inside” features the work of social worker Dan Cohen, and his determination to address dementia with music. One by one, you are introduced to a series of elderly people who’ve barely said a word in years, who don’t recognize their own children, who do nothing but sit in their nursing homes with little or no interaction with others. Then Cohen provides them with iPods filled with the music of their youth and suddenly they become gloriously happy and alive.

The screening will also feature discussion sessions with Grace Liu, Site Director for the East Bay Alzheimer’s Association, as well as suggestions for how caregivers and family members can get involved in providing personalized music to patients.

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