ALZ Life Matters Presents a Healing Music Concert for Alzheimer's, Dementia Caregivers and 'Cared For'

LA QUINTA, Calif., April 13 /PRNewswire/ -- ALZ Life Matters is presenting an entertaining and inspiring Musical Healing concert performed by pianist Bill Protzmann April 19 to help heal and unlock memories of people suffering from Alzheimer's and Dementia. The concert is also ideal for cancer patients, Parkinson's and other chronic conditions, including PTSD.

The two-hour "Connected" concert begins at 1 p.m. at the Center for Spiritual Living in Palm Desert. Tickets are $12 per person or $20 per couple - Caregiver and Cared For. Group rates for 10 or more individuals are also available. This location is also ideal for a handicapped person's accessibility. Please call (760) 777-8039 or visit online at www.alzlifematters.com.

"This is wonderful, healing entertainment for the afflicted as well as the Caregiver," said Kae Hammond, founder and executive director of ALZ Life Matters, headquartered in La Quinta.

"For Caregivers, music can improve the mood and behavior in the person they are caring for. So if they are calm, you as the Caregiver experience a calm environment, too," said Hammond, who started ALZ Life Matters to help Caregivers succeed and survive the demands associated with caring for loved ones with Alzheimer's or Dementia.

Her own mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2007 after eight years of increasing cognitive impairment. "My life really became a tsunami of change when I was thrust into the role of Mom's full-time Caregiver," Hammond said.

Hammond found there were few resources for the Caregiver to help them through the frustrating maze of finding resources for care, financial assistance, and outlets for their own peace of mind. ALZ Life Matters offers workshop programs for Caregivers. The concert is just one of the programs ALZ Life Matters will provide to help both patients and Caregivers.

There are a reported 12,000 people affected with Alzheimer's in the Coachella Valley and 15,000 to 18,000 caregivers. "As estimated by the National Alzheimer's Association, we know 70 percent of Caregivers succumb before their loved ones do," Hammond said.

Protzmann said Caregivers have observed for decades that Alzheimer's patients can still remember and sing songs long after they have stopped recognizing names and faces.

"I function as a live reminder of how music changes us. We know that at some level sounds makes us feel things," said Protzmann, a virtuoso pianist and "passionate humanist" based in Idyllwild.

"When someone listens to music they love, it changes them," he said.

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