2016-06-09

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Clinician Naomi Fell works with Gladys Wilson and other Alzheimer’s patients through Memory Bridge, a learning process that helps patients with the disease connect to major depths of their memory. Fell, a Jewish woman, sings Christian hymns to Wilson, knowing that music comforts and that those particular songs may spark a connection for her when she can remember little else. Watch the incredible moment when Wilson has a connection with a song from her past, a breakthrough that will bring you to tears.

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