THE NEED
3.52%
DEMAND FOR MUSIC
THERAPISTS IS EXPECTED
TO GO UP BY
ANNUALLY.**
100 MILLION
NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES
IMPACT AN ESTIMATED
AMERICANS EVERY YEAR.*
5.8 MILLION
THERE ARE
PEOPLE LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER'S
DISEASE IN THE U.S.
$600 BILLION
THE COSTS OF DEMENTIA AND
STROKE ALONE ARE PROJECTED
TO TOTAL MORE THAN
BY 2030.*
8 OUT OF 10
IN THE 2014-2015 U.S. NEWS & WORLD
REPORT'S BEST HOSPITALS RANKING,
TOP REHAB HOSPITALS HAD MUSIC
THERAPY PROGRAMS.
8,000
THERE ARE
MUSIC THERAPISTS IN
THE U.S., BUT THE NEED
IS MUCH GREATER.
Statistics show that there is an ever-growing need of people who can
benefit from the work of IMNF. Our goal is to address this need through
our world-renowned education, training and research programs.
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2009
IMNF establishes
a private practice
to serve patients
beyond the nursing
home, at home and
in the community.
2008
IMNF begins New York
Community Trust grant
research on impact of music
therapy on depression and
apathy in conjunction with Beth
Abraham's Comprehensive Care
Management (CCM) programs.
2002
IMNF holds international symposium,
"Dialogues Across Disciplines:
Cognitive Neuroscience and Music
Processing in Human Function,"
bringing together neuroscientists
and clinicians for the first time.
2005
NYSDOH funds
IMNF to develop
Therapeutic
Drumming
outreach and
training programs.
