“Music brings hope to those with dementia” : Vicky McClure’s dementia choir
After watching her grandmother struggle with dementia, the Line of Duty star formed a choir to prove the value of music as therapy…Article by Terry Payne for Radio Times 28/04/19As a line of dialogue it could have come straight from the mouth of Vicky McClure’s Line of Duty character Kate Fleming. “We’ve got each other’s […]
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Health Secretary supports wider prescribing of dance and music therapy for dementia patients
Dementia patients would benefit from ‘personal playlists’ to reduce agitation, says the Health Secretary. Music and dance sessions should be prescribed to more dementia patients in order to prevent ‘over-medicalised’ treatment, according to the Health Secretary. The announcement follows a recent study that found giving patients personal music playlists resulted in a 60 per cent reduction in the need […]
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