This is a huge issue, also where people have an incorrect subtype diagnosis #dementia

A new project developed by The OHMI Trust and Royal Birmingham Conservatoire is giving young disabled young musicians the opportunity to play in ensembles alongside their able-bodied peers, reaping mutual benefits ⬇️ musicteachermagazine.co.uk/news/article/d…

Hi all here is a short video about dementia the musical pleas share and Comment vimeo.com/1012049089/8b2…

Happy to see our article about music technology co-designed with people living with dementia republished for the SHAPE issue 🎶 Music at Sheffield UK Research and Innovation Healthy Lifespan Institute

Excited for Dementia Community Dementia Congress this month! Our music, dementia, technology team explores the potential for technology to support people living with dementia in interacting with music, focusing on agency and creativity. Music at Sheffield Michael Neo player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/music-d…

🚨Sharing our new paper rethinking the goals of music activities for people living with #dementia to support joint agency, selfhood & couplehood. Includes how #music tech can play a supportive role 🎶🎚️ Music at Sheffield Healthy Lifespan Institute Renee Timmers sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Alternative music notation systems are proposed to be more accessible for people learning music instruments, but how easy to learn are they? New paper led by Siyao Cheng details experiments testing this out: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20… The MARCS Institute Music at Sheffield Andrew Milne

Dementia Diaries, a project run by Innovations in Dementia, has made a renewed call for people living with #dementia to become Dementia Diarists.  Wayne has made this film to promote Dementia Diaries: buff.ly/3VLtqom  Read More: buff.ly/37JLOEL

We are celebrating 4 doctorates in Psychology of Music this week! Congratulations Dr Kate Wareham, Dr Billy Aryanto, Dr Rory Kirk and Dr Persa Tzanaki! ⁦Music at Sheffield⁩

Want to join our research group? If you are a carer for someone with #dementia or live with #dementia, and live in the North West of England, join our #Equadem network as 1 of 2 Public Advisor Researchers for 4 years! my.corehr.com/pls/ulivrecrui…

The January/February issue of the Journal of Dementia Care is out now! If you're a subscriber, you can login to the website to read it now! journalofdementiacare.co.uk/login journalofdementiacare.co.uk/current-issue If you're not a subscriber you can sign up here: journalofdementiacare.co.uk/membership-opt…

New paper out in PLoS One with Dr Jennifer MacRitchie, Roger Dean, and Kate Stevens. Part of our ARC DP at The MARCS Institute this looked at older adult musical sophistication over 12 months of training and 6 month follow up. Improvisation led to biggest gains: journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

As part of #DementiaActionWeek we premiered our mini film today in collaboration with Age UK Sheffield Living with young-onset dementia:Music. Our music, our voice. A co-produced film from the start, we hope it challenges stereotypes of music and dementia. youtu.be/d3CMo5gYzqk?si…

Our co-produced film is here! People living with young-onset #dementia are individuals with a variety of musical tastes & needs: ageuk.org.uk/sheffield/abou… Age UK Sheffield Age UK Dementia UK Arts for Dementia MusicforDementia The National Academy for Social Prescribing UK Research and Innovation Dementia Friends Creative Dementia Music & Dementia Research Network

What does music mean to people with young-onset dementia? This new film centres real voices and shows how music connects, supports and uplifts. 🎬 Watch now: bit.ly/4eyk1J0 #YoungOnsetDementia #MusicAndMemory #SheffieldResearch

Save the date - the young-onset group Age UK Sheffield have created and curated a set of powerful artworks not to be missed. See the exhibition at Hillsborough pavilion 19-20 July. #dementia Healthy Lifespan Institute The University of Sheffield