Care staff can look forward to free tickets to an award-winning play about the power of music and an innovative partnership with Care Home Open Week.
Music for Dementia has launched two new initiatives aimed at recognising the outstanding work of frontline social care staff and supporting them to use the power of music to deliver even more person-centred care.
Sarah Metcalfe, MD at Music for Dementia said: Music can bring a care home alive, and it’s why we’re investing time and resources to educate and inspire the professional care sector to give it a go.”
“Music can manage stress and agitation, spark memories and create moments of joy. For care staff, switching on the radio or having a sing-a-long are simple ways to lift resident’s moods and make day to day tasks a bit easier.”
The Music for Dementia campaign is sponsoring a nationwide tour of Matthew Seager’s award-winning play, In Other Words, which explores the transformative power of music to help reconnect those living with dementia to their loved ones and the world around them. The tour visits 30 venues across the UK, starting in Reading on March 12 and ending during Dementia Action Week at London’s Arcola Theatre on May 24.
Music for Dementia is giving away hundreds of tickets so social care staff can have a work’s night out with colleagues and see the play. It’s a way to say thank you for their undervalued work, and is also an immersive way to raise awareness about music’s unique power to improve health. As part of the nationwide tour six Gala events* are being held for care staff in which guests will be offered a free ticket, drinks, goodie bags, and the opportunity to stay for a special post-show discussion with the play’s writer and star, Matthew Seager.
Sarah continued: “We’re thrilled to be supporting In Other Words for a second year. It is a fantastic production – brilliantly written and performed. It addresses an important topic with accuracy and sensitivity, showing the heartbreak of dementia but also flashes of hope in the power of music and human connection. We’re delighted to be supporting free tickets for people working in social care, whose work is skilled, essential, and undervalued, to give more of them the chance to see this tender and beautiful play.”
For a full list of tour details please click here.
Apply here for free tickets at a Gala evening.
The free-ticket initiative is being promoted as part of Music for Dementia’s partnership with this year’s Care Home Open Week, which will have a ‘power of music’ theme.
The partnership will span a range of joint initiatives aimed at inspiring care staff to give music a go during the annual community engagement event, running June 16-22.
Activity will include sing-a-long sessions running three times a day on m4dRadio.com, Music for Dementia’s free online radio station, and musical bingo and quizzes. Care homes will also be sent a Music for Dementia activity pack including mini newspaper packed with inspiring ideas for fun and inclusive musical activities designed to help care staff use music as part of their care.
To register to take part in Care Home Open Week, clickhere.
