Shop now open! Share your love of music and support Playlist for Life. Visit now.
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Music can have multiple benefits for our mental health and studies have shown that it can improve the wellbeing of people living with dementia. Personally meaningful music is shown to have multiple benefits for our overall health and wellbeing. In 2018 music helped bring about a 60% drop in the use of sedative drugs at … Read more
Carers Week is an annual awareness campaign run by Carers UK to bring caring out into the open – recognising the contribution carers make to families and communities throughout the UK. There are currently around 850,000 people with dementia in the UK. This Carers Week, we’re sharing valuable resources and information from organisations who offer … Read more
Research has shown that listening to a personalised playlist can improve the lives of those living with dementia. This Dementia Action Week, we’re giving you some top tips to get you started on a personalised playlist… 1 Use your music collectionThe best place to start when creating your playlist is with your own music. Go … Read more
“It’s brilliant isn’t it? It just takes me back so much.” Eirlys Eirlys lives with early onset dementia. When listening to her personal playlist using her Google Dot, she recalls cherished memories from her childhood. We run a free 1-hour webinar for family members and friends who are interested in making a playlist for a … Read more
“It’s helped bring a smile to everybody’s face really.” Lesley Lesley is a care home manager. Using our resources, the staff have integrated personal playlists into the care of residents with dementia. She shares the positive effect that these playlists have had. Our website is full of free materials to help you at each stage … Read more
Following a rigorous selection and assessment process, Playlist for Life has been chosen from more than 400 charities across the UK as overall winner of the 2020 GSK IMPACT Awards. Back in March 2020 we were announced the good news that we were chosen as one of 10 winners of a GSK Impact Awards. Today … Read more
“If I can’t have music, I don’t want to live. It’s very necessary to my life.” Pam When Pam’s family created a personal playlist for her during lockdown, she felt instantly uplifted by the music. She recalls memories of singing in her local concert group below. Our website is full of free materials to help … Read more
“Had it not been for the playlist, I don’t know where Pam would have been.” Neil Neil was supported in curating a personal playlist for his mother-in-law Pam, who lives with dementia. The playlist brought great comfort to Pam during lockdown when the family weren’t able to visit. We run a free 1-hour webinar for family members and friends who … Read more
Betty lives with dementia. We helped her family build a personal playlist of music that is meaningful to Betty. In this video we hear from her daughter Elizabeth, who tells us that even though they wouldn’t have associated their mum with listening to lots of music before, she now enjoys listening to her playlist every day. Did you know we run a … Read more
Meet our inspiring Playlist for Life Ambassadors, Carol and Malcolm Topper. Carol has early onset dementia and started to build a playlist with her husband Malcolm with support from their local Help Point at St Andrews Church in Carluke. Carol has turned her playlist into an ongoing project and encourages us all to harness the power of personal music. Watch their story below. Take the first step … Read more
