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Music therapy for people with dementia 'isn鈥檛 magic, it鈥檚 science' - Shillingstone academic

Rosanna Mead is the founder and director of Musica Music, based in Shillingstone near Blandford. It鈥檚 objective is to 鈥榟armonise healthcare by embedding music into the dementia care plans鈥�.

She's delivering sessions at care homes today, as part of 麻豆社 Music Day which, this year, has a theme of wellbeing.

麻豆社 Music is launching an initiative to help bring music to everyone living with dementia by 2020.

Rosanna, who's studying a PhD in Music and Dememtia, says that for people with dementia, music reaches parts of the damaged brain that other forms of communication can鈥檛.

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