Music in Mind Remote (Digital delivery of music activities to people living with dementia)
Music in Mind Remote (MIMR): Digital delivery of music activities to help people living with dementia express themselves and communicate with others, improving daily life and enabling new connections to be made.
Workstream
DfA
Lead Organisation
Music in Mind Remote Limited
Location
North West
Theme
Creating healthy Active places, Living well with Cognitive Impairment, Managing Complaints of Ageing, Social Support Connections
About the project
A 2-year project led by Music in Mind Remote (MIMR) a new company recently co-founded by University of Manchester and Manchester Camerata.
MIMR has specifically been founded to scale the joint work and IP both organisations have been delivering for more than a decade using music therapy-based activity to help improve health outcomes and quality of life for people living with dementia in care home settings.
For the last 12 years, Manchester Camerata has delivered music therapy-based activity to people living with dementia. Their unique approach uses improvisation to help people living with dementia express themselves and communicate with others. These sessions help reduce frustration, enable new connections to be made, and have a profound effect on daily life.