Here you will find a searchable directory of high-quality experts, organizations, tools, research, programs, and policy resources. The purpose is to help caregivers, policymakers, researchers, innovators and service providers to identify practical resources for working with music and dementia care. Each listing includes basic information and most have links to a website for further details.
MUSIC CARE by Room 217 provides training, certification, and practical tools for everyday use that help individuals and organizations use music as part of daily care.
Purple Angel provides free, personalized MP3 players to people with dementia.
Embedding music into daily life to empower dementia families with care resources through social support.
Program is based in Shanghai. For more information, xfhaima (WeChat Official Account)
Download FileFollow LinkDance for PD® offers free, research-backed classes in 30+ countries. These accessible, globally recognized sessions use music and movement to improve mobility, balance, and confidence for people living with Parkinson’s.
Austria, Belgium, Brazil, China, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russian Federation, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Venezuela, Zimbabwe
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Health Evidence Network Synthesis Report 67, Daisy Fancourt & Saoirse Finn
Prepared for the NeuroArts Blueprint Initiative. With support from AARP and the A. Barry Rand Fund of the AARP Foundation May 2025
Sing for Hope’s Healing Arts initiative delivers curated, genre-diverse arts experiences to healthcare settings. Tailored for safety and cultural relevance, we are the official music provider for NYC Health + Hospitals.
My Music NC offers free personalized playlists and "Music and Memory at Home" kits to North Carolina families, using music to bring peace and joy to dementia care.
Music Mirror: a digitally portable document supporting daily care of people living with dementia. Sustains identity through access to audiobiographical cues of sound, language and music.
Promoting music as part of personalised care to improve the health and wellbeing of people living with dementia and their carers by sharing resources, charities and organisations across the UK and online.
IMNE offers interactive sing-along sessions that foster engagement, emotional wellbeing, social connection, and improved quality of life for people living with dementia.
Sang i eldreomsorgen uses familiar songs and group singing to reduce distress, support communication, enhance mood, stimulate memory, and strengthen social connection among older adults, especially people living with dementia.
Dementia Choir Oslo 24–26 is a research and development project in collaboration with Oslo Municipality. The project investigates the best ways to conduct choirs and how choir participation impacts social and mental health and quality of life.
Musikkbasert miljøbehandling (MMB) integrates personalized music, singing, and rhythm into daily care routines to reduce distress, improve communication, support function, and enhance wellbeing—especially for people living with dementia and their caregivers.
Our free Playlist Maker generates personalised music playlists to improve mood, reduce anxiety, reconnect families. We believe everyone with dementia deserves to have music as an integral part of care.
Interactive music sessions with music therapist and extensive on-demand video library of over 350 therapeutic music sessions and seated movement activities featuring themed content
Supports people living with dementia and their carers through- Music Cafés, and Music Champions training programme that combines face-to-face and online training to use music as a part of dementia care.
Sentimental Journey Singers - a choir for adults diagnosed with early-stage Alzheimer’s or other memory impairments, and their care partners.
To unite people living with dementia and care partners in choruses that foster joy, purpose, well-being, and community, connecting and supporting a global network advancing inclusion through shared singing.
Aim to promote dance as a primary activity for health and wellbeing by encouraging people to keep moving.
A comprehensive program designed to improve quality of life by creating and using personalized music playlists for individuals in homes, communities, and healthcare settings.
Provides personalized music programs and live performances to help residents with dementia reduce anxiety, improve mood, and reconnect with loved ones through tailored therapeutic music.
Older adults who regularly listen to or play music may significantly lower their risk of dementia, according to a study of more than 10,800 people over age 70.
The SOUND project provides music-based training and curricula for dementia caregivers. It equips them with tools to improve behavior, mood, cognition, and quality of life for older people with dementia.
Music Helps is a free online course for dementia caregivers. Five interactive chapters teach how to use music as a practical, accessible toolkit to enhance person-centered care and daily support.
These guidelines help home and residential carers use music for dementia. Follow our step-by-step process, monitoring individual preferences, behaviors, and environments to create effective, personalized music care plans.
Concerts in Care Ontario brings beauty and energy to seniors in care, with the healing power of professional live music performances. Since 2011, 3600+ performances for 201,000 seniors and caregivers.
Since 2012, the Music Project provides persons living with dementia with personalized music players to improve mood, cognition, and communication, significantly enhancing their overall quality of life.
Video (80m) presented by Theresa Allison MD, PhD, University of California San Francisco Division of Geriatrics. Covers what dementia is, the role of music in dementia, music in daily life and music in caregiving relationships. Ends with an example of individualised music.
A cross-national study of the effects of music therapy versus choral singing on depression in people with dementia