This is a super article highlighting a new campaign, which aims to show how listening and playing music can help patients be happier, healthier and more harmonious.
“Analysis showed that music helps to significantly minimise some of the symptoms of dementia, such as agitation, and can help to tackle anxiety and depression,” says Sally Greengross, Chief Executive of the International Longevity Centre UK.
I found this to be an excellent article and one you may wish to engage with, so what do you think?
Mark
Shocking figures there and how this treatment can be more expensive to commission than seeing a GP!!! I think it's a great idea and the elderly or people affected with dementia have paid into this country for so long and deserve to be happy. Its comforting to know there is something out there that even families can try out at home for those being cared for in their own homes. It will certainly offer some needed relief.. Interesting to know that music is picked up by different parts of the brain hence it offers relief for agitated patients, where the part affected would be the Cerebrum( involved in emotions, reasoning etc)..Thanks Mark
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments Simbi, measured and interesting as always. See you later, Mark
ReplyDeleteWe met a lady today as part of our drive for PDP who works with service users who have dementia and she said today we shouldn't underestimate the power of music. Her husband was diagnosed with dementia at a very early age and despite not being able to speak he sang word for word when his favourite songs came on. In the home I work in music is constantly being played and it's literally brought tears to the residents eyes reliving memories associated with the songs.
ReplyDeleteWhat a brilliant and emotional story Lorraine. Thank you for sharing this with us. Fantastic.
ReplyDeleteNever underestimate the power of music at any age. As an old ex music student of 3 years music was my life for a long time. It is an amazing way to express yourself even when you don't have the words to say. Emotion, faith, pain and joy can all be expressed through it and can show your vulnerability at your most stripped back self. I believe music helps the mind and I think its great that there brining it out through a lot of therapeutic services that are widely available to a number of people.
ReplyDeletePlus who can ever say they've never listened to a piece of music they really enjoyed and imagined themselves in a music video :D.
Yes, I totally agree Lauren. I wrote my dissertation on Communication and Music in fact. A great text is “Music and the Mind” by Anthony Storr, worth a look someday if you’re interested in this area of study. Great reflections and thanks for your comments. Mark
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