Music enhances quality of life!

 Community Impact Partners(CIP) is a 501c3 that has been endowed by our local donors and supporters with the means to bring this memorable performance to senior living communities all over Michigan.

CIP sponsors contribute to a fund that pays a portion of performance fees so that this show is available to facilities with limited 

music therapy/entertainment budgets.

Retirement Communites, Independent Living Facilities, Assisted Living, Residential Care Homes, Skilled Nursing Facilities, Respite and Memory Care Centers can qualify for the CIP program to bring 

'Remembering Patsy Cline'

to your location.

Music has been defined as “the science or art of ordering tones or sounds in succession.” When you hear a song from your past, you aren’t thinking about this definition, but you may remember when you first heard the song, who you were with at the time, and the wonderful emotions you felt. 

This is just one of many examples of how music can help connect our mind and body.

Music touches us, inspires us, and sometimes heals us. This is particularly true for senior adults, who may be dealing with isolation, depression, pain, cognitive decline, or grief. Can music really help seniors through the many challenges of growing older?

The answer is a resounding yes.

 Making and listening to music can be beneficial for older adults. However, little is known about how and to what extent those who live in nursing homes have access to music and the functions that music plays in their lives. 

 If you want to keep your brain engaged throughout the aging process, listening to or playing music is a great tool. It provides a total brain workout. Research has shown that listening to music can reduce anxiety, blood pressure, and pain as well as improve sleep quality, mood, mental alertness, and memory. 

 Older adults benefit from music that improves their moods, brings back older, happy memories, encourages socialization, and promotes overall mental and physical health. If you're a caregiver, you can help choose music that improves quality of life for seniors by selecting music that is positive and motivating. 

 Developing music- and rhythm-based therapies that improve patients' quality of life and address symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson's disease, stroke, autism and other conditions. 

 Every human culture has a musical tradition. Why do we love music? If you think about it, isn’t it remarkable that among all the many noises in the world, we perceive certain tones, patterns and intervals as “music”?

Brain scientists continue to study this uniquely human mystery, and now they are even using advanced imaging to map the parts of the brain that operate when we’re listening to our favorite tunes or singing a song. And scientists are finding more and more health benefits we gain from music, beginning at birth and lasting through the end of our lives.