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Hello, I bring an article of a study done at University Hospital of Brasilia where singing is therapy for Alzheimer's patients.
"The first show that the coral has been in an event that commemorated the centenary of the description of Alzheimer's disease. There was a great thrill. Many physicians and many professionals came to cry when seeing patients singing, happy and laughing. "
Encouraging the corner has brought good results for Alzheimer's patients being treated at University Hospital of Brasília (HUB). Created in 2005, the choir of the unit functions as complementary therapy for people with Alzheimer's. According to the creator of the proposal and President of World Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Renato Maia, the initiative tries to regain his memory, the happiness and welfare of patients. 
"We could not yet prove that through scientific tests, but family has noticed that the cases of patients who attend the coral has been more stable, they are much happier and attend the center more available than before," he said. 


For Maya, the meetings of the choir are animated. The group, which accounts for almost 30 people, has the repertory sambas, marches and folk music of Carnival. 
"The songs chosen are usually easy with the past. Are those that patients had more opportunity to hear and that is more likely to remember. " 


In addition to patients, family members are invited to join the choir. According to Maia, the integration between relatives and patients with the disease is very important because it improves the quality of their lives. 
"Many patients with Alzheimer's can not even sing the lyrics correctly. The family's who assists and encourages and this form of therapy aims also to contribute to the welfare of the family that suffers a lot from the person who has the disease, "he said.


Tests of coral occur every Tuesday morning, the first-floor corridor of the clinic at the HUB. In addition to regular meetings at the hospital, the group also makes presentations at various locations in Brasilia. Already presented in the South Commercial Sector at the University of Brasilia. For him, complementary therapy does not just find the cure for the disease, controlling aggression and improve patients' memory, but also make thepatients rediscover the joy of living.