The Buffalo Bills now have the NFL’s first-ever full-time female coach: Rex Ryan has promoted Kathryn Smith to Special Teams Quality Control coach. Ryan, who just wrapped up his first year as Bills head couch, praised Smith’s past work with the organization and said he consulted with Arizona Coach Bruce Arians about the move. The successful Cardinals manager brought in a female linebackers coach last summer. “You can see the success some of these young ladies are having in the coaching profession, such as the young lady that is an assistant to Coach (Greg) Popovich at the San Antonio Spurs,...
- 1/21/2016
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
A Us study has found that people with dementia not only react to music, but that it can help them improve their mental ability
Kathryn Smith, director of operations at the Alzheimer's Society, visited a singing group in Wales run by the charity as part of its Singing for the Brain programme. One woman with Alzheimer's would sit in silence, smiling occasionally. Nobody had ever heard her speak. But when the group started a song in Welsh,suddenly this lady started singing.
"Memories are hard to retrieve," says Smith, "but music can help. If they hear a song from their childhood or youth, that might remind them. Perhaps this lady felt able to communicate because her first language was Welsh. She might have been struggling to remember how to communicate in English."
Smith says she isn't surprised by the results of a new study on the benefits of singing for people with Alzheimer's,...
Kathryn Smith, director of operations at the Alzheimer's Society, visited a singing group in Wales run by the charity as part of its Singing for the Brain programme. One woman with Alzheimer's would sit in silence, smiling occasionally. Nobody had ever heard her speak. But when the group started a song in Welsh,suddenly this lady started singing.
"Memories are hard to retrieve," says Smith, "but music can help. If they hear a song from their childhood or youth, that might remind them. Perhaps this lady felt able to communicate because her first language was Welsh. She might have been struggling to remember how to communicate in English."
Smith says she isn't surprised by the results of a new study on the benefits of singing for people with Alzheimer's,...
- 11/13/2013
- by Emine Saner
- The Guardian - Film News
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