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

• Video Description

  This was filmed at Eden Court, a Cinnamon care home.

  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.

• 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