Around 900,000 people in the UK live with dementia and there is currently no cure. The documentary Dementia, Music and Us <\/em><\/strong><\/a>follows the Camerata and its \u2018Music In Mind\u2019 music therapy workshops, which are having a profoundly positive impact on those living with dementia.<\/p>\n While music can often be used to reawaken memories from the past, these innovative sessions help those living with dementia to centre themselves in the present. The programme follows the people making the workshops happen, as well as finding out what impact they have had on attendees.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/section> The innovative music therapy devised by Manchester Camerata is not only helping families living with dementia: it\u2019s also helping to create new memories. For example, Keith was diagnosed with dementia when he was 53 and along with his partner, Joan, he has been attending music workshops with Manchester Camerata for more than five years.<\/p>\n We follow the couple\u2019s story, as they and their friends perform music together. They also write their own new song to sing on their first group holiday with other families impacted by dementia.<\/p>\n The couple believe that these groups have had a profound effect. Joan says, \u2018I think the thing that saved us was the first ever music group we went to because from that group it opened other groups up for us. It\u2019s been fantastic.\u2019 Keith adds, \u2018I live life every week. Not every day, every week because I\u2019ve got music sessions.\u2019<\/p>\n These innovative workshops are spreading through people like Beth, a carer from Liverpool whose career drastically changed direction during the pandemic. After volunteering as a carer, she fell in love with the profession and now works full time in care homes.<\/p>\n Beth is now rolling out music workshops across all the care homes where she works, and is mentored by Amina, the Camerata\u2019s principal flutist and lead music therapist.\u00a0Armed with a piano and music speaker, Beth\u00a0leads her first class, and we see the instant impact that music can have on those in the care home where Beth works\u00a0as well as on herself.<\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/section> \n<\/p> Beth says, \u2018I think the workshops have made me more confident. I feel like I\u2019ve got more strategies as well to bring residents into the present to help them if they\u2019re distressed.\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Taking part in the Music In Mind workshops has been an enormous privilege for me as a musician,\u2019 Amina says. \u2018It has really changed my outlook of what music is and what it can do.\u2019<\/p>\n Despite widespread recognition of music\u2019s positive role in managing dementia, its true influence is not yet fully understood. Dr Robyn Dowlen, who specialises in the study of music\u2019s impact on people living with dementia, attends one of Keith\u2019s group sessions to study its impact on Keith.<\/p>\n \u2018Improvisational music making is particularly important for people with dementia.\u2019 Dr Robyn concludes. \u2018Especially when it comes to building their confidence and self-esteem.\u2019<\/p>\n Dementia, Music and Us<\/strong> is available to view on BBC iPlayer from the evening of 25 November.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p><\/div> <\/section> <\/body><\/html>\n By Steve Wright Published: Friday, 25 November 2022 at 12:00 am A new BBC documentary examines the positive impacts of music on dementia, and highlights the work being done in this field by the Manchester Camerata orchestra. Around 900,000 people in the UK live with dementia and there is currently no cure. 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