Music therapy program for seniors with Alzheimers

A continuation of last year's project using a  $14k RI grant to provide sound equipment and other items to enhance & improve the Adult Day Care Program at the Benson Center in Sandy Springs.  The supplies were delivered in the spring of 2024,  implemented & installed in the following months.  In February 2025 we started the process of obtaining several thousand music files which were transferred to the program's laptop.  We are now in the slow process of developing customized individual song playlists that will be downloaded to the participants MP3 players that they  will listen to while at the Benson Center.  This 'music therapy' has been shown to improve the participants well being and reduce beta amyloid levels in the brain. A recognition event will be scheduled this spring when it is completed and is in action at the Center.