Older Adults

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care homes music and dementia Older Adults person-centred careNational Dementia Action Alliance Conference – Co-Production in Dementia Care

February 7, 2020

Yesterday I attended the National Dementia Action Alliance conference in London. The theme was all around co-production, and the day really emphasised the importance of and need for co-production if we are to deliver the best, person-centred care for people living with dementia. Jeremy Hughes, Chief Executive Officer, Alzheimer’s Society quoted co-production as: “a relationship...

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care homes music and dementia Older Adults person-centred careThat’s Amore!

February 14, 2019

Musica’s Personal Approach At Musica we pride ourselves on working in partnership with the care homes we visit. We work with care staff to ensure that our sessions are tailored to suit the needs of the residents. For Signature House in Dorchester, this means tailoring our sessions to fit in with their theme of...

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Older Adults Press Play to RewindGrand Support for Memory Makers Project

November 29, 2018

Musica is delighted to announce it has been awarded £1,000 by Persimmon Homes South West to boost dementia patients through music. Our innovative Press Play To Rewind programme uses personalised playlists ad meaningful music as part of a dementia care package for patients. Rosanna Mead, Musica Director explained: “This year we launched our programme Press...

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Older AdultsMusica and brighterkind present: Every Voice Choir

June 29, 2018

Based on the ambitious initiative Every Voice Choir, launched in 2015 by the Baring Foundation, Musica and Brighterkind teamed up this summer to establish its very own unique community choir. Inspired by Sidney De Haan Research Centre, who provide cutting-edge research on the medical and social impacts of singing, the 10-week programme united residents and...

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Older Adults Social MarketingMusica Bags £4k From Tesco’s Community Grant Scheme

May 29, 2018

Musica is delighted to announce it has bagged £4,000 from Tesco’s Bags of Help community grant scheme. Bags of Help is run in partnership with environmental charity Groundwork, and sees grants raised from the sale of carrier bags awarded to thousands of local community projects every year. Hundreds of shoppers have voted in the Blandford...

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Older Adults Social MarketingMusica calls out for votes to bag a share of Tesco’s bag fund

March 5, 2018

Musica Music and Wellbeing CIC is bidding to bag a massive cash boost from the Tesco Bags of Help initiative for its new innovative project – Press Play to Rewind. Tesco teamed up with Groundwork to launch its community funding scheme, which sees grants of £4,000, £2,000 and £1,000 raised from carrier bag sales in...

Older AdultsMusic and Memories Project

July 6, 2016207

Over the last year we have worked with Somerset Care on our Music and Memories project, providing Musica workshops in 28 of their care homes, generously funded by the National Lottery. The response to the project was fantastic, and it was great to see how much the residents and staff enjoyed the project. To find out more...

Older AdultsCommunity Reflected Through Music

July 6, 2016109

Music brings about similar physical responses in different people at the same time. This is why it is able to draw groups together and create a sense of unity ( Storr, 1992: 24) How many people think of our care homes as a community within themselves? Community is defined by the Oxford English...

Older AdultsInside Out

June 14, 2016429

Have you seen the Disney Pixar film Inside Out? One of the main characters is a eleven year old girl called Riley. In her mind she has five personifications of her emotions- Joy, Sadness, Fear, Disgust and anger. These characters influence her mind via a main console in her mind. As she moves through...

Older AdultsSongs from the Musicals Boosts Cognitive Function of People Living with Dementia

April 29, 2016181

I read an article in the Guardian Newspaper a while back, about the benefits of singing well-known musicals with people with Alzheimer’s Disease. A four month study in the US showed that regularly singing songs from popular musicals such as ‘My Fair Lady’ and ‘The Sound of Music’ can improve the brain function of people with...

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