Object balancing helps build hand-eye coordination, balance, body and spatial awareness as it requires you to coordinate your movements to keep the object upright.
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Upswing. Developed in partnership with Silk Court Residential Home, Anchor Care Homes.
A storytelling activity that brings people together to share experiences of relationships, friendship, care and love. It can develop into a joyful, gestural choreography, adaptable to a variety of different needs.
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Moving Memory Dance. Developed in partnership with House Residential Home Canterbury, Medway Age UK, Thanet Age UK, and Community friends of local primary schools.
A basket of sensory items can easily become an instant way of connecting with the people. People are naturally curious about what’s in the basket and it can become a source of curiosity opening up delight, memory and stories.
Credit: Maria Harvey-Lavin / Roaming Aromas. Developed in partnership with C&C Care Homes.
There is nothing like a tambourine round to focus a group of people and bring their attention into the here and now. It is suitable for everyone and can be repeated and practised for as long as the participants are enjoying it.
Credit: Manchester Camerata: Music in Mind.
This activity invites participants to design their own superhero characters, then create a percussive sound effect or rhythm to go with their superpower. The sounds can then be added to a live narrative or individually recorded and added to a podcast, for example.
Credit: Andrea Vogler. Developed in partnership with Made by Mortals, who are part funded by Action Together, in partnership with Hearts and Minds Theatre Company.
This activity was originally developed as part of a series of sessions exploring our homes and community. It is especially engaging for people with dementia who may respond well to more sensory elements.
Credit: Jen Harris / Small Things Creative Projects. Developed in partnership with The Fed.
This activity is a sequence of breathing, walking, thinking and being, culminating in a final statement
of assertion. You can do it daily, creating a regular time when participants can clear their heads and find focus.
Credit: The Performance Ensemble. Developed in partnership with Leeds Older People’s Forum.
Inspired by artist David Hockney’s bright colours, this activity will encourage you to think differently about the way you use colour to capture the view through your window.
Credit: Sensory Trust. Developed in partnership with Creative Spaces Activity Groups and Carers Programme.
Our campaign
It is anticipated that there will be 1.14m people living with dementia in the UK by 2025, according to Alzheimer’s Research – up from around 885,000 in 2022.
What’s the change we’re seeking to make?
We believe that everyone living with dementia should have access to music as part of their care from diagnosis to end of life, whatever their age, social or economic status. This is not currently the case.
Bring singing into your care home, quickly and easily, by streaming a pre-recorded singing session from our free library. You will be joining a community of over 850 care homes across the UK who engage with our virtual singing sessions.
Read More Using remembered childhood books and illustrations as a stimulus, participants explore significant moments from their own life stories through a series of linked activities.
Credit: Dr Alison Waller with Gemma Seltzer and Wallis Eates. Developed in partnership with Holybourne Care Home in Roehampton.
This simple craft activity invites participants to create their own Mardi Gras mask. It is accessible and tactile and allows participants to develop their own creative ideas within the context of a gentle art activity.
Credit: Artcore.
