June 11, 2021
How we designed the Paul & Nick Harvey Fund
by Lizzie Cody, Foundation Manager, The Utley Foundation In what has been an incredibly tough 18 months, there were few truly bright points for most people. On both a personal […]
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January 22, 2021
Bold vision is needed to change a system, so is collaboration and trust
by Juliet Cockram, Managing Director of The Utley Foundation If there is one word that sums up what we need right now, it is connection. This need has united us […]
November 24, 2020
Keeping the singing going MCT meeting October 2020
The following meeting summary was written by Douglas Noble, LMN Strategic Director for Wellbeing and Grace Meadows, Music for Dementia Programme Director, Co-chairs of the Musical Care Taskforce The Musical […]
August 13, 2020
What are the opportunities for personalised care to connect people to music and the arts including through social prescribing and the role of link workers
James Sanderson, Director of Personalised Care, NHS England & NHS Improvement As I sat down to watch a film a few years ago with my youngest son I was suddenly […]
August 11, 2020
What are the medium to long term implications for the care home sector because of Covid-19 and what role will music occupy in a new era?
Vic Rayner, Executive Director, National Care Forum 2020 will be both the year to remember, and the year to forget. The year when we lost so many, who will never […]
August 6, 2020
Why people with dementia are disproportionately impacted by Covid-19
Alistair Burns CBE, Professor of Old Age Psychiatry, University of Manchester The worldwide effects of COVID -19 have been well documented but older people suffer the highest mortality and negative social […]
August 4, 2020
Will communities continue to support each other despite inequalities?
Paul Corrigan, CBE, Former Director of Strategy and Commissioning for NHS London The Covid-19 crisis has frightened us all. For some day by day anxiety is replaced by week by […]
July 30, 2020
Making the case for music becoming mainstream in dementia care
Baroness Sally Greengross, Chief Executive ILC-UK Music has a powerful role to play in bringing people together. While musical styles come and go out of fashion over the generations, the […]
July 28, 2020
As a music therapist, never have I felt the power and strength of music more: A personal perspective from a music therapist working with people with dementia
Ming Hung Hsu, Music Therapy Lead for the national charity MHA Many of us can probably still recall a video of a ballad sung out in solidarity into an empty […]
July 24, 2020
What are the implications for the BAME dementia community and how do we ensure service provision responds effectively?
Mohammed A Rauf, BAME Dementia Consultant Dementia amongst Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities is set to rise seven to eight-fold in the next three decades. However, not having a […]