Fresh out of graduate school, I was in the first rotation of my internship at the Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical
Center (DC VAMC). The rotation was in the nursing home care unit, where the VAMC had amazing music and movement
therapist. The therapist, who was previously a professional dancer until a career-ending car accident, was working with
a dementia group. The residents within the group were completely introverted; each patient was in his or her own world,
disconnected from one another.
Music and the association to brain
In what was – and remains – a pivotal moment in my
