Arnprior nursing home uses iPods to treat dementia patients

There has been some research, and many anecdotal stories, of how music can help people with dementia. Now, a nursing home in Arnprior, Ont., has decided to act on it, givingall 60 of its residents their own iPods, thanks to the local library.

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Each playlist is different, made up of songs that connect people with memories of an earlier time. And the headphones can slip over hearing aids.

CBC Ottawa's Hallie Cotnam went to The Grove nursing home to find out more.