Music for dementia

21st Feb: The wonderful charity 'Music for Dementia' came to film mum and I in her care home. Great success.  Mum and I had a very lovely moment or two as we were filmed during the Dementia Disco, run by an amazing friend Donna. Mum wasn't in the mood at all and sort of walked out of the common room declaring that it was all a load of rubbish. Then she heard the first few bars of her favourite track by Tina Turner... 'Simply the Best'...and she couldn't resist! Around she turned, arms in the air, defiant against dementia! Some fab nuggets of dancing and showing off- it was brilliant!

Mum and I were then interviewed about what music means to us and she did brilliantly, despite being worn out by it all, and expressed some wonderful ideas about the electricity that music generates in us.