

Alzheimer’s often causes people to behave erratically, sometimes even violently. Such episodes can be frightening for both victims and their families, which is why McDermott’s family began using music to calm him down. “When we’ve got him singing again he’s back in the room,” says the younger McDermott. “It’s these moments that we treasure.”

So valuable are these moments, in fact, that McDermott decided to share them with the world. He’s created a Facebook page for his father where he regularly posts videos of the golden-piped elder McDermott singing along perfectly to decades-old classics. The Songaminute Man’s rendition of “Quando, quando, quando,” a bossa nova staple performed by the likes of Pat Boone and Engelbert Humperdink, is truly a sight to behold. Both the joy on Mac’s face and the serenity on his father’s prove that even a disease as vicious as Alzheimer’s cannot corrupt the core of a person’s being.
Mac and The Songaminute Man are raising money for Alzheimer’s Society UK; you can donate here.
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