Music Maestro Please

Music can bring back great memories for patients living with dementia, It has proved to help with self-expression, speech, emotion and it can create interaction with carers and family members that may be slipping away.  In a care home it can help with contact between patients.

The old songs they used to sing or dance to, can I just add here that Granny’s mum danced all her life as did most of her generation. She enjoyed nothing more than finding a dance partner even when she was in the care home to dance the night away.

Did your partner or loved one play an instrument or sing, some patients are quite capable of still playing the piano and really enjoying patients and carers joining in a singalong.

Why not make up a playlist of your partners or loved one’s favourite songs that they have enjoyed during their lifetime and pop it on at home or if their having a social evening at the care home, nobody has said that Dementia has to stop patients enjoying themselves, Granny’s always ready for a knees up.

On the medical side music can reduce heart rate and blood pressure so music looks like a win win win for those who want to take part.

Why not send in your experiences and pics of your loved ones still enjoying music and the arts with a little explanation of the event.

We’d love to hear from you.