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Ideas for musical activities with older people that anyone can do and videos to illustrate them.

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Experience live music in the home
Listening
Experience live music in the home
Listening
Listening
Experience live music in the community
Listening
Experience live music in the community
Listening
Listening
Create playlists
Listening
Create playlists
Listening
Listening
Rediscover playing skills from the past
Personal Music Making
Rediscover playing skills from the past
Personal Music Making
Personal Music Making
Sing, sing, sing
Personal Music Making
Sing, sing, sing
Personal Music Making
Personal Music Making
Help residents to keep learning new songs
Personal Music Making
Help residents to keep learning new songs
Personal Music Making
Personal Music Making
Make singing together a core activity in the home
Making Music In A Group
Make singing together a core activity in the home
Making Music In A Group
Making Music In A Group
Join the local musical community
Making Music In A Group
Join the local musical community
Making Music In A Group
Making Music In A Group
Playing instruments together
Making Music In A Group
Playing instruments together
Making Music In A Group
Making Music In A Group
Use music to relieve anxiety, depression, agitation and pain
Feeling And Wellbeing
Use music to relieve anxiety, depression, agitation and pain
Feeling And Wellbeing
Feeling And Wellbeing
Use music for difficult situations
Feeling And Wellbeing
Use music for difficult situations
Feeling And Wellbeing
Feeling And Wellbeing
The psychological benefits of music
Feeling And Wellbeing
The psychological benefits of music
Feeling And Wellbeing
Feeling And Wellbeing
Use music to prompt memory by association with public events, occasions and places
Remembering
Use music to prompt memory by association with public events, occasions and places
Remembering
Remembering
Use music to prompt memory by association with family events and loved ones
Remembering
Use music to prompt memory by association with family events and loved ones
Remembering
Remembering
Use music to support short and medium-term memory
Remembering
Use music to support short and medium-term memory
Remembering
Remembering
Use music to stimulate language through singing familiar songs
Communicating
Use music to stimulate language through singing familiar songs
Communicating
Communicating
Use music as a channel to access everyday language
Communicating
Use music as a channel to access everyday language
Communicating
Communicating
Make recordings of residents singing and speaking while they are able to
Communicating
Make recordings of residents singing and speaking while they are able to
Communicating
Communicating
Listen to music with other people to help residents sustain relationships with them
Socialising
Listen to music with other people to help residents sustain relationships with them
Socialising
Socialising
Make music with others to promote socialising
Socialising
Make music with others to promote socialising
Socialising
Socialising
Use music to structure social interaction
Socialising
Use music to structure social interaction
Socialising
Socialising
Encourage residents to dance
Moving
Encourage residents to dance
Moving
Moving
Use music to accompany exercise and physiotherapy
Moving
Use music to accompany exercise and physiotherapy
Moving
Moving
Use music to aid relaxation
Moving
Use music to aid relaxation
Moving
Moving
Help residents to know what is happening through using music systematically
Knowing
Help residents to know what is happening through using music systematically
Knowing
Knowing
Help residents to know where and when things are occurring through using music systematically
Knowing
Help residents to know where and when things are occurring through using music systematically
Knowing
Knowing
Help residents to have a strong sense of personal identity and to recognise other people through using music systematically
Knowing
Help residents to have a strong sense of personal identity and to recognise other people through using music systematically
Knowing
Knowing