Help residents to have a strong sense of personal identity and to recognise other people through using music systematically

• Video Description

  This video shows the effectiveness of using resident’s own musical instruments in a group music session. Each instrument can become part of the individual’s identity and they can use it to express themselves, perhaps supplementing their playing through singing.

  Filmed at Eden Court, Battersea, London (Cinnamon Group).

• Strategies

  • Help residents have a stronger sense of self through a piece of music with which they have a special association

  • Encourage the use of personal Sounds of Reference, e.g. jangly bracelets

  • Use Sounds of Reference before a resident has a visitor

  • Use Sounds of Reference when a visitor has left as a way of remembering