Care through music for those living with dementia
Music Can is your resource to help you make music a part of personalised care for people living with dementia.
Music Can helps connect you to the music you want, in the ways you want to experience it.
Music Can enables you to:
- Search for activities using the form & Quick Guides below
- Learn more in our Music Care section
- Find support near you by using our Directory
Music Can helps connect you to the music you want, in the ways you want to experience it.
Music Can enables you to:
- Search for activities using the form & Quick Guides below
- Learn more in our Music Care section
- Find support near you by using our Directory
Be part of Music Can
If you are running a music project that improves the wellbeing of people living with dementia, we would like to hear from you.
Contact us to be featured on the directory.
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Quick guides
Help to support the health and wellbeing of people living with dementia with a range of musical activities. Find those that suit you best and follow our guides to get actionable, practical tips, and tailored guidance to help make music a part of daily care
Music Videos
Watching a music video can create the feeling of being at a musical event and take you to another time or place
Live Music
Live performances can enhance health and wellbeing and help you connect with the music you love
Music Can benefits everyone
Music care benefits everyone
Music can stimulate and enable people to express themselves creatively beyond words. This involvement enables people living with dementia to be seen for who they are beyond their diagnosis
This involvement enables people living with Dementia to be seen for who they are beyond their diagnosis.
People living with dementia
Carers
Musicians
Don't take our word for it
"I’m having the time of my life"
Betty, Resident Living with Dementia
"She loves the music - it gives her another language to communicate with"
Mark, Relative & Informal Carer
"I enjoy playing for the people and seeing how it helps them to remember, especially seeing how all the lyrics of old songs come back to them"
Josh, Musician
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Updates
Power of Music: a plan to put music at the heart of care
The power of music to support health and wellbeing is well documented with a report published last year by UK Music and Music for Dementia calling for music to be an integral part of health and social care
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