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| £26 can help a musician encourage one immobile older person in a care home to respond physically to live music. | £400 supports an event in which 15 chair-bound older people move more freely and enhance their physical well-being through live music. | £4000 enables 15 older people in a care home to bond socially over 10 events, enjoying and responding to musical memories. |
Music is the art of communication, with people with dementia the value of the experience was priceless and too good for words. Thank you for this opportunity. Reaching out and touching the senses of those who are otherwise vulnerable is a godsend. Supported Housing Unit, London
Live Music Now and the Musicians Benevolent Fund are working together to enhance the lives of musicians – both young and old – with their innovative Adopt-a-Musician scheme. This scheme will celebrate St. Cecilia (the patron saint of music) and respond to Older People's Day.