“Although we can’t visit her, touch her and hug her, we know that what she has is a comfort in music.” Barbara Barbara was supported in curating a personal playlist for her mum, who lives with dementia. The playlist brought great comfort to Barbara, her sisters and their mother during lockdown, when being physically connected was not always possible. Hear Barbara’s story, […]
Meet our inspiring Playlist for Life Ambassadors, Carol and Malcolm Topper. Carol has early onset dementia and started to build a playlist with her husband Malcolm with support from their local Help Point at St Andrews Church in Carluke. Carol has turned her playlist into an ongoing project and encourages us all to harness the power of personal music. Watch their story below. Take the first step […]
Playlist for Life has worked with Lillyburn Care Home and the Birdston Day Care Centre for many years. Like all care homes, nursing staff at Lillyburn sometimes must administer sedative drugs to calm residents for agitation and distress – both common symptoms of dementia. In 2018 music helped bring about a 60% drop in the use of sedative drugs at Lillyburn, proving the powerful effect personal playlists […]
Eric and Liz were supported in making a personal playlist for Eric, who lives with dementia. He now has his own personal playlist of songs that are important to him, available whenever and wherever he wants to listen to them on his MP3 player. Thanks to Liz and Eric for sharing this lovely story with us. Eric enjoys having his playlist on a […]
Helen Baxter first encountered the power of personal music for people with dementia after a friend told her about how music brought back elements of his wife’s personality from before her dementia diagnosis. At the time, Helen knew little about the positive effects of personalised music. However, shortly after speaking with her friend she attended […]
We are very excited to share a guest blog and playlist from Lopa Kothari, presenter of Music Planet on BBC Radio 3. Lopa’s playlist is dedicated to her father who lived with Alzheimer’s disease, and features some wonderful Indian music that formed part of his extensive music collection. Thank you to Lopa for sharing her […]
