Never underestimate the power of music! In each of our homes we pride ourselves on improving well-being for our residents in many ways and one proven way is music. Music is one of our biggest tools for sensory where it can trigger personal memories, relaxes residents when they are anxious or a great way to calm people. Our activities and care team will research the types of songs and music which connects with residents so we create personalised playlists for each of our residents as part of our ongoing person centered approach.
We love this video of Pam from our Ty Nant bespoke dementia care home in Williamstown who was given noise cancelling headphones to enjoy her personalised music with songs from the movies. After being agitated the activities team placed some noise cancelling headphones on her and put on her favourite songs.
For more than half an hour, Pam was completely immersed in the music — calm, happy, and transported to beautiful memories connected to those songs. It was such a powerful reminder of how music can reach parts of the heart that words sometimes can’t which can then lead to some wonderful moments of reminiscing and conversations.
