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.
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
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.
Art and dementia.
Imagine a world where people with dementia had support in the community right from the word go. Where a word from their GP could unlock the creative spark that would inspire them, help them to stay lucid and to communicate with their loved ones.
Activities for people living with dementia.
The benefits of engaging in various activities for people living with dementia are numerous – both reported in evidence from research and in everyday case studies. Whether that’s physical, mental, social or creative activities, they all can help people affected by dementia to live well, stay independent and have an improved quality of life.
Music and dementia.
Music can lift us out of depression or move us to tears – it is a remedy, a tonic, orange juice for the ear. But for many of my neurological patients, music is even more – it can provide access, even when no medication can, to movement, to speech, to life. For them, music is not a luxury, but a necessity. – Oliver Sacks
What is Social Prescribing?
Social prescribing is the act of referring people to relevant non-clinical services in their local area, which can help improve their well-being and health. This is done through GPs, nurses, and other health professionals, through the use of link workers. Link workers assess the needs of the individual and based on that and what services are available locally, make recommendations.
Videos that inspire us and hopefully you too.
Time and time again we have witnessed the transformative effects of music for people living with memory loss or dementia. In fact, our founder, Prof. Keith McAdam, was inspired by this clip of Henry from the documentary Alive Inside, when he was establishing Music for my Mind.
The Captain Tom 100 Challenge.
This campaign has now ended. We would like to invite you to help us celebrate Captain Tom Moore's generosity of spirit and his sense of fun by taking on your own Captain Tom 100 Challenge.
Building a Music App for people living with memory loss and dementia.
With our Playlist Creation App for people living with memory loss and dementia now live, we would like to highlight one of our partners, DabApps,...