We look at how music can help people with dementia, anxiety and with stroke recovery. It's a growing style of treatment here and around the world, with international research showing music can unlock areas of the brain other medical procedures have yet to reach.
NZ Registered Music Therapist Rani Allan at Music for Life music t…care in Wellington Photo: Supplied
Two registered Music Therapists who work predominantly in neurological and mental health talk to Kathryn Ryan: Penny Warren is a music therapist at Wellington hospital's mental health unit, who runs the Soundswell Singers choir and Rani Allan has music therapy business - Music for Life - for adults with dementia.
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