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Dementia patients and carers make a charity CD single for Christmas
Musical Minds hits a high note this Christmas: singing group of people with dementia and carers release charity CD single
An inspiring local singing group in East Ayrshire, made up of people with dementia and their carers, have launched a charity CD single for Christmas. The group, called Musical Minds, worked closely with internationally renowned tenor singer, Martin Aelred, to produce a double A-side CD for Christmas 2011. The songs featured are ‘If We Hold on Together’ by Diana Ross and ‘Those Were the Days (My Friend)’.
Carers fighting to raise the profile for carers
Care champions at Age UK awards
Saturday 5th November 2011
Those who fight for the rights of the county’s 60,000 carers were yesterday honoured for their hard work.
Four people from across Oxfordshire were named as ‘Carers Champions’ at the Age UK Oxfordshire’s annual general meeting.
Among them were a woman who took in her disabled parents and a couple looking after their 48-year-old autistic son.
Carers look forward to Fridays to have a sing song
Singing groups offer people with dementia, and their carers, a chance to socialise and sing with other people in the same situation. The Alzheimer’s Society runs ‘Singing for the Brain’ groups in England.
“It seemed to me a way of giving people confidence,”
Chreanne Montgomery-Smith, co-founder of Singing for the Brain
Dementia is a syndrome (a group of related symptoms) that is associated with a progressive decline of the brain and its functions. These include:
- thinking
- language
- memory
- understanding
- judgment
