VIDEO – Filmed by his son, Ted McDermott, 79, has Alzheimer’s disease. In a video that makes the buzz on the Net, he finds all his memories when he sings.
It’s the video buzz of the moment! A man with rapidly developing Alzheimer’s disease regains his memory when his son blackmails him to American crooner Bobby Darin’s hits.
The author of this sequence is none other than Simon, the son of Ted McDermott, a 79-year-old Briton. Word, rhythm, melody, in a sequence shot by car, we see that the sick old man has forgotten nothing of the old hits of his youth. However, he has suffered from Alzheimer’s disease for three years and is gradually losing his memory.
92,000 euros already collected
On the Facebook page ” The Songaminute Man “ his son says that “in recent years, his memory has deteriorated a lot, often not recognizing his family with many episodes of aggression.”
But to understand the influence of music in the life of this man, Simon points out that his father was, when younger, a host and singer in a summer camp.
Finally, by sharing these videos, Simon McDermott hopes to raise money. Maximum funds for the charity Alzheimer Society. Thanks to the success of his father on YouTube, the pot has already exceeded the bar of 92,000 euros. And the Facebook page ” The Songaminute Man “ already has more than 131,000 subscribers. The best is perhaps yet to come …
Source: YouTube video
The virtues of singing are confirmed
As a reminder, this is not the first time that singing has been shown to be effective in delaying the effects of this disease. Choral activities and other chants help stimulate the memory of patients with early forms of Alzheimer’s. This is the result of a small double-blind clinical trial conducted by the University of Helsinki (Finland). As in a previous study at the Caen University Hospital, these conclusions published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease showed that music does not activate one area, but several regions of the brain.
The two hemispheres are thus stressed, but above all a part which plays a key role in memory: the hippocampus.
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