Certified Nursing Homes
WISCONSIN
How can I become a part of this
exciting new program?
Students
Volunteer to help your local nursing
home set up personalized playlists for
people.
Libraries
Make you music available to your local
nursing home to help them set up an
iTunes© library for people.
Community members
Donate iPod© shuffles, iTunes© gift card
and you time and energy to your local
nursing home.
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N2665 County Road QQ
King, WI 54946-0600
Phone 715.258.5586
www.WisVets.com
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Changing the lives of
people in Wisconsin
Nursing Homes with
personalized music.
Find the Music & Memory Facility in
your area:
http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/music-memory/
For more information or to donate
iPod© shuffles, please contact:
Wisconsin Department of Health
Services
1 W. Wilson Street
Room 550
Madison, WI 53703
Phone: 608.264.9896 or 608.266.6989
[email protected]
http://www.ximotionmedia.com/
Wisconsin
Music & Memory Initiative
Overview
The Wisconsin Department of Health
Services is supporting 100 Nursing
Homes to participate in the Wisconsin
Music & Memory Initiative.
The Wisconsin Initiative is part of a
national program designed to help people
with Alzheimer’s and related dementias,
find renewed meaning and connection in
their lives through the gift of
personalized music.
The Wisconsin Music & Memory
Initiative is funding 100 Nursing Homes
to become certified as a Music &
Memory facility, as well as providing the
equipment needed for 15 residents with
dementia to experience the Music &
Memory program.
Visit our website for more information:
http://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/music-memory/
A Certified Program
A core feature of the initiative is the
certification of the nursing homes as a
“Music & Memory” facility. This
designation assures that the nursing
home has received:
• Step-by-step Professional Training in
Personalized Digital Music.
• Instruction based on extensive
neuroscience research regarding the
brain’s response to music.
• Training to create personalized
music play lists, delivered using
iPods© or related digital audio
devices, that have the capacity to
transform quality of life for people
struggling with a wide range of
physical and cognitive impairments.
“iPods are having a huge impact here…
Families are excited about how their loved
ones are more active in conversation, in
better moods, actually awake and more
engaged throughout the day. Staff are
asking for more involvement because they
see people being more cooperative with
cares, meals, and other activities.”
-Deb Jacoby, Rocky Knoll Health Care
Center, Plymouth, Wisconsin
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Project Goals
• Reduce reliance on anti-psychotic and
anti-anxiety medications;
• Reduce agitation and sundowning;
• Enhance engagement and socialization,
fostering a calmer social environment;
• Provide a way to give pleasure to
persons with dementia;
• Offer an enjoyable, fulfilling activity for
persons in dialysis, using a ventilator or
who are bed-bound;
• Increase cooperation and attention,
reduces resistance to care – a real
boost for staff morale; and
• Increase fulfilling engagement between
the people with dementia and staff,
family, friends and the community.