Health and Community Services
October 27, 2015

Media Advisory: Minister to Speak at Expansion of the Music and Memory Pilot Program

The Honourable Steve Kent, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health and Community Services, will speak at the expansion of Eastern Health’s Music and Memory pilot program tomorrow (Wednesday, October 28). The event will be held in Southview Lounge at Saint Luke’s Homes at 10:30 a.m.

Founded in 2006 and now used in hundreds of care centres across the United States and Canada, Music and Memory is a therapeutic, non-profit organization that brings personalized music into the lives of seniors. The program has been credited to improve mood and enhance both verbal communication and physical activity.

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Media contact:
Tina Williams
Director of Communications
Department of Health and Community Services
709-729-1377, 728-2837
tinawilliams@gov.nl.ca

2015 10 27                              12:00 p.m.