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 conducted by Oxford University in the UK has found …
By Samantha Campbell – Published in the FORSTER FORTNIGHTLY Community News 27th October 2021 Recently I invited the Bob Berrigan trio, Bob – keyboard, Paul Gallagher – bass and Don Sleishman – drums to join me in a recording session at Studio 27 in Taree. Now retired from my busy show business life as a …
Submission to the Australian Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety This submission to the Aged Care Royal Commission has been a labour of love over many months, fuelled by my passion for quality of care and engagement with our elderly and my strong belief in the crucial role of Leisure and Lifestyle in …
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Article by Caroline Egan. Jan 16, 2019 – Comment by Graeme Pope, founder of Aged care Music Resources https://www.facebook.com/agedcaremusicresources/posts/1763431680465800
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 …
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 …
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; …
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 …
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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