Herts Alzheimer’s Society urges community to support popular singing initiative
Groups aims to provide uplifting and stimulating activities, built around familiar and new songs, with fun vocal warm-ups
Alzheimer’s Society is offering bespoke training to run their own group and become a Singing for the Brain delivery partner
Submitted by Alzheimer’s Society area manager for Hertfordshire
There are around 16,000 people living with dementia in Hertfordshire and the Alzheimer’s Society want more people to benefit from their popular Singing for the Brain initiative.
Groups aims to provide uplifting and stimulating activities, built around familiar and new songs, with fun vocal warm-ups.
By uniting people affected by dementia through song, Singing for the Brain is helping to reduce social isolation, improve quality of life, wellbeing and mood - which has never been needed more, as many people have significantly deteriorated from the knock-on effects of lockdown.
Alzheimer’s Society is changing the way they provide support in communities and are urging people to play an important part in helping them reach more people affected by dementia.
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Alzheimer’s Society are now offering bespoke training to care providers, organisations or individuals across the Herts, with an interest in music, to run their own group and become a Singing for the Brain delivery partner.
The charity have seen and heard many times how music memory is often retained when other memories are lost. Even in advanced stages of dementia, music can help tap into long-term memories – for some, this can mean they can communicate through singing when no longer able to do so through speech.
To find out more, and register your interest, visit: alzheimers.org.uk/singingforthebrain
