For Seniors « Drumatic Innovation Drum Circles

Benefits of Drumming

Drumming Is An Excellent Seniors Activity

Benefits of Seniors Drumming…

Decreased anxiety and depression
Improved joint mobility and posture
An improvement in language ability
Help with motor skills
Increased energy
Improved immunity
Having fun, and being in the moment
Making new social connections

Drumatic drum circles are becoming popular for all age groups, even seniors. Drumming can be performed while sitting, so people with difficulty being ambulatory can have an enjoyable and uplifting time creating music while getting in some very good exercise. And, for those who are not ambulatory, this is a superior way to improve overall health, relieve stress and improve circulation.

Our drum circles have been tested and proven for several years. We guarantee the very best in group recreation possibilities. Our drumcircle program is a positive approach to seniors drumming. We take the risk and guess work out of establishing a drumming circle at your facility and we provide all of the instruments.

Rhythm effects the body and has healing properties.

It provides a place for the mind, body, and spirit to rejuvenate and remember.

Drumming works with…

Senior Centers
Seniors with Alzheimer’s
Day Programs
Seniors with Dementia
Retirement facilities

Senior drumming is an interactive event that allows seniors to create their own music. Seniors are greatly effected as they feel the vibrations of the music. They smile and laugh, hands open and close, memories return, and they often start singing and dancing.

Not only is drumming fun, but it improves circulation in the hands and body, loosens stiff joints in the shoulders, arms and wrists, and stimulates the mind.

We provide an inspirational, highly recommended and successful drum circle program for seniors at all functioning levels. Drumatic Innovation drum circles are the perfect program to get everyone interacting and involved. Our experienced staff will inspire and guide your residents to a whole new level of confidence and self expression.

Numerous recent studies strongly indicate that participation in activities such as ensemble drumming diminish the effects of senile dementia, and may even prevent the onset of such disorders. Actual physical development of nerve pathways around the plaques and tangles found in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients have been clinically observed in seniors who actively learn new skills.

The physical exercise is extremely beneficial, especially to the upper body. The workshop also provides an opportunity for social interaction. Most importantly is our understanding that by challenging participants to learn and play new, exciting music we are helping to create new pathways for neuro-muscular function. Participants report improvement in general coordination, walking, speaking, sleeping, and thought process, and experience a boost in self-esteem and overall confidence.

One of the key benefits of drumming, especially for seniors, is the mental discipline involved.
Rhythmcircles encourage participants to express their creativity and develop skills in social and emotional development as well as musical and rhythmic understanding.
Drumming encourages gentle body movements providing beneficial physical exercise
Drumming is hands-on and sensory stimulating. No learning curve. Participants can quickly get involved
Encourages all seniors to participate and engages them within their own comfort level
Special-needs equipment to reduce fatigue and offer low-resistance playing.
A drum circle is accessible to all participants at any level of entry.

We use a variety of different instruments which contributes many different sounds and opportunities within the group Its fun and interesting providing opportunities to connect with individuals who are not usually responding to other programs

Just the simple act of sitting down and making music together embodies the concepts of inclusion and unity while at the same time boosting creativity and confidence.

Research conducted in 2002 and 2003 by the Institutional Review Board for Human Studies of Meadville Medical Center concluded that recreational music has more favorable effects than antidepressants and mood-stabilizing drugs.

Drumatic Innovation is currently conducting drumcircles, rhythm events and drum classes throughout the Pacific Northwest from Seattle to Portland. Drumatic Innovation is based in Olympia. Areas include Tacoma, Puyallup, Shelton, Centralia, Bremerton, Seattle, Aberdeen, Longview and Vancouver.

Thank you SO MUCH for the drumming experience you offered to our STARS clients at the Senior Center. I was so impressed with your presentation….your straightforward and friendly manner, and how you ‘just performed’ and folks joined it! You have some kind of a secret, I think….like the Pied Piper. Everyone had a wonderful time….they could not stop talking about it. People joined in that almost never cooperated in activities! Drumming is magic….thanks for sharing!! So many smiles!! Wonderful! Audrey Behrenhoff Olympia Senior Center Olympia WA