We, the undersigned, believe that Personal Music is as healing as any drug and should be reimbursable by Medicare like drugs are. We also believe there needs to be a 'National Nursing Home Music Library' so the cost will not be a deterrent to any Elder getting the music that will make their last years better.
Why is this important?
I am the director of the film, 'Alive Inside', making this film I have seen Personal Music, the music of one's youth, awaken Elders with Alzheimer's Disease, ease loneliness and pain and I am convinced that this inexpensive 'medicine' humanizes life in nursing homes and does so much good at such a low cost that as a society we must provide it to our Elders.