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Improving the Quality of Life
for People with Memory Loss
and Dementia
Creating personalised playlists for those
About Music for my Mind
We all have favourite songs. Or a piece of music associated with a particular memory. And there’s growing evidence that music can improve the quality of life for people living with memory loss and dementia.
Music for my Mind (registered charity number 1167246) was founded in 2016 by Professor Keith McAdam, with the aim to improve the well-being of people living with memory loss and dementia, their family, friends and care-providers, by creating and making personalised music widely available, as an affordable social prescribing tool in dementia care. Through research and technological development we want to further the national efforts to raise awareness of the positive effects of music for people affected by dementia and enable easy access to personally meaningful music, wherever and whenever it’s needed. And we’ve only just begun.
The transformative effects of music
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About Music for my Mind
Music for my Mind was inspired from a creativity initiative in the Infectious Diseases Institute in Uganda. Our committed Board of Trustees, Team and Supporters are working towards our vision for every care home in Britain to have a music programme and for everyone living with dementia to benefit from music as an integral part of the therapy and care they receive.
How we utilise technology
Using music to access memories for people living with dementia is not a new idea; music therapists have recognised its benefits for many years. Using technology to select and deliver favourite music is new and we are exploring the possibilities by developing technological solutions.
Our contributions to research evidence
Our research will contribute to the evidence needed to influence policy makers, care providers and clinicians to deploy personalised music listening appropriately within dementia care and social prescribing. Read more about how our research programme has been developing over the years on a number of fronts.
Latest News
A Focus on the Reminiscence Bump – Action.
Part 3 of our blog-series looks at how we set up the musical survey, the decisions we made, and the interactions we had from participants.
A Focus on the Reminiscence Bump – The First Steps.
Part 2 of our blog-series looks at the first steps we took to solve the problem of proving the well-known fact that music from a person’s youth is likely to be better remembered in old age.
A Focus on the Reminiscence Bump.
As part of our aim to raise awareness about musical therapy in dementia care, we are publishing a series of blog posts to explain a bit about one element of the research we have been doing over the last year, “A Focus on the Reminiscence Bump to Personalise Music Playlists for Dementia” published by The Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare.
A History of Music Therapy.
Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. History of Music Therapy. We revisit the origin and meaning of music therapy throughout history – in the context of Greek, Roman and Catholic traditions
Real Life Stories: Malcolm Young
Malcolm Young, songwriter and rhythm guitarist for the Australian band AC/DC, was diagnosed with dementia sometime in 2014 at the age of 61. But his life was as full of music at its end as it was in its prime.
National Lottery Community Fund Award
We are excited to share our good news with you! We have received a £10,000 grant from the National Lottery Community Fund.
Arnold Clark Community Fund Award
We are excited to share our good news with you! We have received a £1,000 grant from the Arnold Clark Community Fund.
Latest project updates and news from Music for my Mind.
From news of the launch of the #PowerOfMusic survey by Music for Dementia and UK Music, to some exciting news on the Music for my Mind front – we have it all in our latest blog post of project updates and latest news from the music and dementia field.
The inspirational story of how music helped Gabby Giffords get her life back.
Read the fascinating story of Gabby Giffords – a former Congresswoman who survived an assassination attempt in 2011. She has learned to walk and speak again, with the support of music.