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! ! ! D Music dementia charity plans expansion E T N A W SOFAS & SUIT ISSUE 1578 // 3rd July - 9th july
A dementia charity which brings live music experiences to people living with dementia and other neurological conditions is marking its 25th anniversary. Lost Chord was established in 1999 in Maltby, Rotherham. The charity is hoping to extend its reach as part of its anniversary celebrations to 25 new locations across the UK. Chief executive Jean Collinwood said they hoped this would enable them to respond to the growing demand for their services. Lost Chord UK was founded by Helena Muller with a vision “to harness the
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and offer more intimate transformative power bedside sessions. of music to enhance Lost Chord has over the quality of life for 65 musicians leading those facing cognitive sessions in memory challenges”. cafes, wellness centres, Ms Muller was inspired after her younger sister, libraries, and care homes. Annette, suffered a brain haemorrhage and The music sessions are she saw how she found intergenerational and designed to target the solace in the music of needs of individuals her youth. Lost Chord was designed with dementia and other to provide a programme neurological conditions, such as stroke, of classical music and popular hits for people. Parkinson’s, brain injury, The sessions are run by and motor neurone disease. professionally trained musicians in a variety of Music and interaction are combined to settings from memory cafes, wellness centres, stimulate memories, uplift mood, increase libraries, and large energy levels and community events. They also bring music to promote a zest for life, care homes and hospices the charity said.
Ms Collinwood said the sessions often lead to “magical moments” where people, even those who may have been non-verbal or unresponsive for months or years “connect with a song” and activate a lost memory. Amongst the Lost Chord national patrons are Sir Cliff Richard, whose mother suffered with dementia, and soprano singer Lesley Garrett. “I had a dear aunt with dementia, a resident at a home in South Yorkshire,” Ms Garrett said. “She didn’t recognise any of us by sight towards the end, but when my mother played
one of my CD’s her face always lit up” Ms Collinwood said: “It’s a huge achievement to still be here after all this time. “We’ve changed the lives of thousands if not millions of people.” She said the aim to expand to new locations would help meet the high demand for the sessions they offer. “The expansion is crucial to meet the growing demands of people on our waiting list who are currently without an interactive music service, in Newcastle, Cumbria, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Manchester and other locations,” she said.
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