Benefits for the Demetia Sufferers
Primarily the people who benefit are those clients with dementia in residential care homes and day centres throughout the area. The disease ranges in severity from those people who are in the very early stages of dementia to those who have lived with dementia for years. Some may be undiagnosed as yet and appear to have most of their faculties, apart from an obvious memory impairment, whereas those sufferers in the later stages could be unable to walk, talk, feed themselves or at times even interact in any way at all.
'My husband has severe dementia and cannot recall that he was once a gifted musician. Only on the visits of Lost Chord is there an intelligent glimmer in his eyes and he may gently conduct a few bars. Occasionally the music prompts him to ask me to dance. Without doubt, Lost Chord provide the best two hours of his month!
Each time I visit, a lady resident asks me if the music is coming. She was a professional ice dancer, and for two hours each month she dances non-stop, recalling her youth. The children of Inglebrook hope to have another concert soon and take up a collection for you…we know every penny is needed'.
Wife of a client at Warde Aldam care home
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