Ambassador Offers Music Program to Improve Memory

The Ambassador of Scarsdale announced this week that they have been awarded The Music & Memory Program certification and now offer the program to its residents coping with progressive memory issues. Adding this cutting edge programming at The Ambassador further advances the mission of enhancing the quality of life for elders through personalized music.

According to General Manager Jean Dunphy, "This program is not only person-centered, it meets individuals where they are, regardless of their level of cognition or ambulation and has established a new best practice and gold standard in the care industry. Trained staff will be using logs to measure individualized behavioral objectives shown through residents' cognitive and social responses to the program in hopes of seeing desirable long-term outcomes in order to make therapeutic music a standard of care."

While music programs have always been a focus at The Ambassador, the use of the Music and Memory Program's personalized playlists and interventions have been shown to also offset the use of pharmacologic interventions, reduce behaviors associated with sun downing, and decrease feelings of boredom, isolation, pain and depression. The Ambassador's hope is to add to the research that is helping the healthcare industry understand how this form of personalized therapeutic music benefits people with cognitive impairment.

The Ambassador is located at 9 Saxon Wood Road, White Plains NY 10605. For further information, click here or contact Jean Dunphy at 914-428-3782, or by email at jdunphy@theambassadorscarsdale.com.