Read the story of Linda’s recent Alzheimer’s diagnosis and how her playlist brings her happiness and motivates her.
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World Alzheimer’s Month 2023 – Your Stories
September is World Alzheimer’s Month. Read the stories of some of our friends and supporters and learn why music is so important to all of them.
Continue readingWorld Alzheimer’s Month – Mary’s musical life
Mary’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis led her to discover our Playlist Maker and the memories came flooding back.
Continue readingWorld Alzheimer’s Month – Lucy and her Grandma Margaret
MFMM’s Research Assistant, Lucy, tells us about the magical time she spent with her grandma as she lived with dementia.
Continue readingWorld Alzheimer’s Month – Colin and his father
Friend of MFMM, Colin Boston, shares the amazing effect music has on his dad’s memory, often when they least expect it.
Continue readingMusic for my Mind and Quantum Care re-start study into effects of music in dementia care
MFMM is delighted to re-start a study using novel tech to measure effects of personalised music on people living
with dementia.
The magic of music in dementia care
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
Continue readingDementia Care and Music – News update
The National Campaign Music for Dementia 2020 has launched the first ever online Musical Map for Dementia. The idea is to have one centralised platform with information of all music-based activities and services nationwide, for people living with dementia, in order to improve their dementia care.
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Music for my Mind’s research supported by Quantum Care homes
We are very excited to announce that we have partnered with Quantum Care on conducting our research programme. They are a not-for-profit care home group operating throughout Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Essex, serving over 2,000 older people. One of Quantum Care’s core values is providing high quality person centred care, which is essential for us and for the end result we are trying to achieve – bringing benefits for people living with dementia.
Similarly to Music for my Mind, Quantum Care put a strong focus on innovation. One of our charity’s aims is to utilise new technology and make it usable in a care home setting. We are excited by the opportunity to bring new technological solutions for creation and delivery of personalised playlists for their residents.
“We believe that the outcomes of a research project such as this, can have a hugely positive impact not only on our residents but may have significant implications throughout the wider UK dementia care system.” – Debbie Gilard, Head of Corporate Services at Quantum Care
Our project will look to benefit not only the residents from the care homes, but their family members, friends and carers too. Seeking the care home staff’s input and thoughts on how we can create a process that is beneficial to them too, is important to us, as they are the people who work on the frontline of dementia care.
You can read more about the first stages of our work in the Quantum Care homes, in their annual report here.
If you would like to read more about our research programme, visit our Feasibility Studies page.
National Lottery Community Fund Grant Award
We are delighted to announce that our charity has received a grant award from the National Lottery Community Fund!
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