In today's episode I'm joined by the British cartoonist and dementia advocate Tony Husband.  We talk about the influence music has had on Tony's own life and how he continues to be inspired by music. Tony shares his experiences of dementia through his dad who had vascular dementia, and we talk about the ways that Tony saw music bring joy to his dad even in late stages of dementia. Tony talks about his book - Take care, son, which can be bought on Amazon. Head over to my YouTube channel to see the video of this podcast episode to see Tony's cartoons as he tells us about them. You can fin ..read more

Today's episode is all around love in dementia care. Link to the poem This is the Kind of Love we all Deserve by Lauren Jarvis-Gibson https://thoughtcatalog.com/lauren-jarvis-gibson/2017/01/this-is-the-kind-of-love-we-all-deserve ..read more

Today's episode is all about the importance of meaningful connections in dementia care and how you can have a deeper understanding of the person you are caring for through these connections. As always I would love to continue the conversation after the show, so please leave a comment ..read more

Sign up to my free online introduction to music in dementia care. Click Here In today's episode I meet with the amazing Lucinda Koza, founder of I Ally - the first web and mobile application for family caregivers, providing access to telehealth, financial & legal counsel, administrative advocacy, and unparalleled peer support. To find out more about I Ally visit https://i-ally.com/ If you've enjoyed this episode please tag me over on instagram @iamrosiemead or find me on LinkedIn here You can find Lucinda also over on Instagram - @iallyinc  ..read more

The first in our five minute Friday series! Today's episode explores what it means to have a dementia friendly environment ..read more

Today's episode is all about the power of touch in dementia care and how you can use meaningful touch with musical activities. As always I would love to continue the conversation after the show, so please leave a comment ..read more

Welcome to episode four, in today's episode I’m going to be talking about what happens in the brain when we listen to music, why we are musical beings and why we have an innate musicality.  As always it's really great to get the conversation going after the episode, so please leave me a comment. You can find links to my Twitter and Instagram accounts above.  ..read more

This week I share my thoughts from the National Dementia Action Alliance Conference on the theme of co-production ..read more

Welcome to episode three, in today's episode I’m going to be talking about the relationship between familiar music and agitation. I’ll talk about why agitation occurs in the first place and how you as carers can harness the power of music to reduce levels of agitation. As always it's really great to get the conversation going after the episode, so please leave me a comment. You can find links to my Twitter and Instagram accounts above.  ..read more

Sign up to my free introduction to music in dementia care here https://musicamusicandwellbeing.thinkific.com/courses/free-music-in-dementia-care-course In today's episode I share some of the amazing work our care home partners are doing to embed music into their daily dementia care. It's truly inspirational ..read more