The Etobicoke Guardian, South, January 05, 2017

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THURSDAY JANUARY 5, 2017

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Unlocking memory with music Music therapy offered for people with dementia at ESS sites

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TAMARA SHEPHARD tshephard@insidetoronto.com Trudy Wolfe, 84, hops to her feet to dance as soon the iconic polka "Roll Out the Barrel" begins playing. Wolfe joins as many as 20 women, most in their 80s, every Wednesday afternoon for the women’s adult day program run by Etobicoke Services for Seniors (ESS) at its Horner Avenue location. "I like everything. I like the exercises," Wolfe said. "I like dancing. I like the music. It’s fun." ESS offers adult day programs for cognitively impaired seniors, most with dementia and in their 80s, some with mobility issues, four days a week at its Alderwood location: two coed, one women, one men. On Thursdays, people with Acquired Brain Injury attend the program. Across Canada, an estimated 564,000 people live with dementia. That number is expected to rise l See STIGMA page 5

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Trudy Wolfe dances with staff member Zyliha Nazifi at the Etobicoke Services for Seniors adult day music program Wednesday. Kevin James, Dementia Society of America board chairman,

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