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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


A dementia patient and a caregiver. Caregivers experience high levels of anxiety and depression due to the daily stresses of their job.

Feinberg study finds teaching positivity exercises improves mental health of dementia caregivers

May 5, 2019

For caregivers who deal with patients or family members with dementia, the physical and emotional stress they experience puts them at great risk for anxiety, depression and death. A new Northwestern Medicine...

Singer Caitlyn Glennon (Bienen ’11) holds hands with a Songs by Heart Foundation resident. Since the inception of the program in 2015, the organization has grown from three locations to over 30 nationwide.

Nonprofit seeks to improve quality of life through music for people with dementia

October 25, 2017

A&E While music is typically said to heal the soul, the Songs by Heart Foundation is using music to restore what medicine can’t for millions of people with dementia. Songs by Heart, launched...

Northwestern program uses speech therapy to combat dementia

October 27, 2016

A new speech therapy program aimed at helping people with dementia regain control of their verbal skills significantly improved patients’ language abilities, according to a Northwestern study. The...

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