Live music ‘benefits the whole care home’
A study by Music Now and the University of Winchester is recommending that live music should be essential in all UK care homes. The authors say they have ground-breaking evidence about…
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Elderly metalheads sneak out of care home to mosh at Wacken Festival
In what is simultaneously the greatest and most heartwarming story we’ve reported on Care Briefing, two German chaps sneaked out of their care home last weekend to attend that country’s…
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Dire Straits help Parkinson’s patient recover brain function
A Parkinson’s patient is on the road to recovery, thanks to rock band Dire Straits. The patient was played Dire Straits’ hit song ‘Walk Of Life’ with surprising consequences, recovering…
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Personalised playlists in care homes reduce the use of anti-psychotic drugs
A study by researchers from Brown University in the US has found that people with dementia who listened to music tailored to their own personal tastes and memories needed less…
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