![]() ![]() A club volunteer is at a 2,000 square-foot storage facility at 51660 Van Dyke Ave. The Kiwanis Club of Shelby Township Golden K offers free mobility devices and home help equipment to anyone who needs it, but especially to seniors and veterans. I have invited them down to discuss how I can be of help to them. I asked God to help me figure it all out. I’ll be doing that at the music studio and help veterans in any way we can be of assistance to them. “A lot of these veterans are needing some help and I’ve offered them music and music classes to get through some of their PTSD. “I’m giving the piano lessons because music is powerful,” he said. I need to work out a way that we can keep it going with the people, or get the units back and reprogram them for someone else.”ĭ’Anna provides music performances for senior residences and gives free piano lessons to veterans. “It has surpassed my wildest expectations on how powerful music is for dementia patients. “I’d rather put the music on than give them so much medication and knock them out,” he said. ohn D’Anna of the Kiwanis Club of Shelby Township Golden K programs free MP4 Players with music for people who have dementia. D’Anna is trying to get more family members involved in working with their loved one and the system. One snag in the Kiwanis system is the lack of time that caregivers have in facilities to help the residents use the players. Music therapy is used today to help veterans with post-traumatic stress and delayed onset of PTSD, traumatic brain injury, major depression, especially those with complications like substance abuse, family conflict, and suicide risk.ĪMTA cited a study that says that about 15 percent of the 1.7 million service members who deployed in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom have PTS and that there are still many of those with the condition who served in the Korea and in the Vietnam War. Music was incorporated into recreation, education, occupational therapy and physical reconditioning. The American Music Therapy Association says that music therapy for veterans goes back to 1945 when the “War Department” issued a bulletin about a program using music to help convalescing GIs in Army hospitals. Anybody can call with a family member who has dementia and I will meet with them and I will get them a unit,” he said. I’m so grateful to be able to do this for people. I see the needs of seniors and veterans and there’s a tremendous need for this. “They work with young people and now I’m with the old folks. The best work of mankind is service to other people.”ĭ’Anna used to volunteer with the Jaycees. ![]() ![]() It costs about $25, so it’s not like it’s a lot of money. “We have a budget in our Kiwanis Golden K and they’ve given me an open budget to purchase whatever I need. So it’s like a little trigger but it’s a dramatic thing for people with dementia. She had seven children and she didn’t even know our names, but she remembered every word of the songs we were playing for her, and shortly after we played the music, she could kind of remember little things. “My mom was my first person that I tried it with. The discovery is therapeutic for some, he added. You just push the button and - I’ll tell you what - you just watch the smiles and the reaction from these people. I’ve accumulated thousands and thousands of songs of different artists so that I can program these MP4 Players. “I find out all of their passions and loves, what kind of music they grew up with, who the artists were. “I meet with the family personally,” he said. Berry Medical Care Facility in Mount Clemens, or in senior residences that specialize in memory care. The music is tailored to each person’s needs. ![]() An MP4 Player is an electronic device for playing digital audio files. There, he programs music into MP4 Players purchased by the Golden K Kiwanis Club. He owns and teaches at the Music Stadium Center for Fine Arts & Creative Studies in Macomb Township. “I’ve been researching music therapy for about 30 years and it’s an amazing thing,” D’Anna, 71, said. The program aims to improve the quality of life of elderly people and veterans by using personalized digital music technology. John D’Anna steers the Kiwanis Club of Shelby Township Golden K’s Senior Music Outreach Committee. ![]()
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