Drum circles for the elderly

Adapted from an item in New Age Journal (USA), monitored for the Insittute by Roger Knights.

'Forming drum circles among the elderly would bring an immediate reduction in feelings of loneliness and isolation'

Mickey Hart, a percussionist for the Grateful Dead, told the United States Special Committee on Ageing that forming drum circles among the elderly would bring 'an immediate reduction in feelings of loneliness and isolation' Organisers of his Rhythm for Life project plan to send teams of music therapists and professional drummers into nursing homes, hospital, senior centres and elsewhere.

Rhythm for Life, PO Box 1231, Occidental, CA95464, USA (tel 0101 707 874 1051).

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