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Look out for dementia warning signs, families urged
Families are being urged to look out for the warning signs of dementia when they visit their elderly relatives.
It is part of a government advertising campaign in England aimed at encouraging early diagnosis.
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 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
