Study: Memories of music cannot be lost to Alzheimer's and dementia

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4. My wife and I care for her mother in our home while we can and she plays fiddle, piano, and guitar..

by ear/memory. She has difficulty remembering what we said or did a day or week before, or even times with her husband who passed away a few years ago, but whenever I get out my guitar to engage and play with her, she remembers every note. Her fingers may not be able to play the finger or keyboard like they used to, but she knows where they go. It's something that makes her feel so good.