In this hour long program, Don McIver looks at the Alzheimer's Poetry Project. Using actualities, music, poetry, interviews Don looks at the program's innovative uses of poetry therapeutically and as a way to improve the quality of life of many people experiencing alzheimers. The program includes interviews with the programs founder, Gary Mex Glazner, Dr. Oliver Sacks (a writer and neurologist-author of Awakenings), and Christopher Lane (the project director for the APP-Arizona Assigment). The program includes original poetry, and recorded music in an engaging, listener friendly way.
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In this hour long program, Don McIver looks at the Alzheimer's Poetry Project. Using actualities, music, poetry, interviews Don looks at the program's innovative uses of poetry therapeutically and as a way to improve the quality of life of many people experiencing alzheimers. The program includes interviews with the programs founder, Gary Mex Glazner, Dr. Oliver Sacks (a writer and neurologist-author of Awakenings), and Christopher Lane (the project director for the APP-Arizona Assigment). The program includes original poetry, and recorded music in an engaging, listener friendly way.
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
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| Am I that Easy to Forget | Esther Phillips | Bestof Esther Phillips1962-1970. | Rhino Records | 1997 | 02:47 |
| Don't Forget About Me | Dusty Springfield | Dusty in Memphis. | Rhino Records | 1969 | 02:53 |
| Silent House | The Dixie Chicks | Taking the Long Way. | Columbia | 2006 | 05:23 |
| In My Life | Wayne Gratz | From Me to You: the Love Songs of Lennon andMcCartner. | Narada | 1997 | 02:53 |
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Review of Remembering Poetry: The Alzheimer's Poetry Project
This program is thought-provoking in that it brings forth the idea of using poetry as a form of therapy and enrichment in thelive of people with Alzheimers. It puts poetry in the same usefullness as music and other forms of art. The audio clips of the people in the nursing homes is touching and engaging. It also gives hope to those who have had to cope with a love one suffering from Alzheimers disease. I found it inspiring.