Article by Caroline Egan. Jan 16, 2019 – and below, Facebook comment made by Graeme Pope, founder of Aged Care Music Resources. The Aged Care Minister, Ken Wyatt AM MP, recently announced that unannounced re-accreditation audits will triple in 2019, and unannounced inspections will increase to more than 3,000, as the government ramps up its […]
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A Comprehensive Music Resource for the Baby Boomer Generation Music is found in all human cultures worldwide. For many years now we have been made familiar with research pointing to the benefits of music for health and wellbeing across generations, and particularly for those suffering with dementia and the isolation associated with Alzheimer’s. Recent research
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As people from the Baby Boomer era began to enter our aged care facilities, the need for music to cater to the tastes of this later generation, was identified here at Aged Care Music Resources. Thus, began the journey to produce the Green Book series which culminated in the release of the final component, The
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Professor Henry Brodaty is Scientia Professor of Ageing and Mental Health, the Director of the Dementia Collaborative Research Centre and Co-Director of the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing at the University of New South Wales. His areas of expertise include dementia; depression; psychiatric illness in the aged; Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders; prevention; carers;
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Here, Collette Baya, the program developer for Musical Armchair Travels, herself a Lifestyle and Activities Coordinator, shares her experiences of the positive effects she has discovered in using the music of John Sidney and Barry Hall in her work. Studies have shown that exposure to music they know and love can revitalise the brain function
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It is incredibly frustrating, when you have first-hand experience of the benefits of music therapy for the elderly, yet, time and time again you witness staff being thwarted in their attempts to provide the best quality resources for those in their care, by the managers who hold the purse strings. Wherever I go as I
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Daniella Greenwood, Strategy and Innovation Manager from Arcare in Australia, delivers a compelling keynote about how central relationships are in long-term care. Video recorded and edited by Barn Door Creative and LIVESHARE. The views expressed in this publication are the views of the author(s)/presenter(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the funder(s).
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Retired flight engineer in a chance encounter in a hotel Hobart. Having recorded as much of John Sidney’s music as he could, Graeme talks to ABC Radio presenter Ash Moore about how he now tours the country sharing that music with people living in aged care Graeme Pope met pianist John Sidney ABC Radio Western
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Many aged care facilities are now using qualified music therapists to enhance the quality of life for older people in care, and this is to be commended. There is also plenty of evidence that the right music for certain people particularly those who have dementia is good therapy. To find out more about the work
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The elderly woman had the vacant, detached stare common to Alzheimer’s sufferers. She seemed unreachable; lost inside herself; unable to interact with the nursing home staff in any meaningful way. This is the picture we see as the camera, filming today’s Armchair Travels session, pans across the room. Then Barry Hall begins his magic on
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