Use music to support short and medium-term memory

• Video Description

  This video shows how music can support and help preserve sort and medium term memory in those suffering from cognitive decline.

  Filmed at Eden Court, Battersea, London (Cinnamon Group) and Raleigh House, New Malden.

• Strategies

  • Choose particular pieces of music to play at important eventsE.g. parties

  • Record the music played at important events, to revisit in the following days, weeks and months

  • Sing or play the music that is chosen with residents to revive memories of the event

  • Share the memories with family members and friends, in person or online