Advocating for personal playlists in dementia care to improve the lives of people with dementia 💚
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6 Jan 2025
Discover personal playlists for people living with dementia.
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This #DementiaActionWeek we are celebrating the power of personal playlists in keeping people connected to their communities
Find out more about the impact of personal playlists for people living with dementia and how you can get involved on our blog: sbee.link/dwkjt6nr8e
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Playlist for Life retweeted
#AlzChat Music can be an effective tool for nursing staff working with people living with dementia... a visit to @PlaylistforLife to find out how... rcn.org.uk/magazines/Clinica…
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David Tennant helped you create a personal playlist, now Willy Gilder, who lives with dementia, will help you find a way to listen to it and make the most of it. In case you missed it, you can check out our new resources here: sbee.link/3bqk6awx9g
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We have two new resources to help people with dementia create and use personal playlists! In one, actor David Tennant helps you make a playlist. In the other, @willygilder01 helps you listen, because like a Tardis, music can take you back! Learn more: sbee.link/4kvcnxe9dy
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Our ambassadors Carol and Abigail and our President @sallymag1 helped relaunch @scotgov's ReThink Dementa campaign, sharing how personal playlists can spark connection💚
Create a playlist today using our free resources: sbee.link/faneqpxg4y
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We’re sharing the love this Valentine’s Day ❤️🎵
To raise awareness of the power of music for dementia, we're encouraging people to create a playlist for someone special
💌 Learn more and download your free Valentine’s card insert here: sbee.link/vqt4updjcf
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Meet Abigail Thomson, Playlist for Life’s newest ambassador.
Her lived experience of dementia, passion for medicine, music, and advocacy will help us reach and support more people living with dementia through personal playlists.
Find out more: sbee.link/3jxeq6tgk9
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Feeling the effects of #BlueMonday music can help because it:
🧠 Boosts mood
🕺💃 Gets us moving
🫂 Connects us
💚 Creates memories
Lift your spirits with January-busting tunes ⬇️
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Are any of the below on your 2026 bucket list?
🏅 Running a marathon, half marathon or 10k?
💚 Supporting a charity?
🎵Helping those with dementia?
If so, then run in support of Playlist for Life.
Find out more ⬇️
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Our team had a productive discussion with @ThomasCArthur, Scotland's Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport on embedding personalised music playlists in dementia care.
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He echoed our ethos that music should not be a 'nice to have', but an essential tool for anyone caring for someone with dementia so that their care is delivered with dignity and a truly person-centred approach.
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We look forward to continuing working with @scotgov to embed music in care as standard to improve the lives and wellbeing of everyone affected by dementia.
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24 Dec 2025
💚 In 2025, together with our supporters, community partners and trained professionals, we made great strides in our mission to ensure everyone living with dementia has access to a personal playlist 🎵
Read/watch our highlights in our new blog: playlistforlife.org.uk/highl…
ALT Husband and wife Ken and Mil holding hands and smiling
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23 Dec 2025
🎄The Playlist for Life Team wish you a happy festive season🎄
Our office will close on 24th Dec and open 5th Jan.
You can visit our website for advice on making and using personal playlists: playlistforlife.org.uk/get-s…
Best of wishes for the New Year,
The Playlist for Life Team
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9 Dec 2025
Christmas can be hard for people living with dementia, but music can help.
Support us by:
🎧 Making a playlist for you or someone you know
💚 Donating £10 to provide 5 people with a free resource pack
🛍️ Shopping with us, all proceeds help!
Learn more: sbee.link/j9yuamb6q8
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26 Nov 2025
💚 Hear how our training for health and social care professionals using personal playlists can transform #dementiacare and save up to 20% off our first 2 courses – starting at just £25 for a limited period – by booking for your staff/organisation here: training.playlistforlife.org… 🎶
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24 Nov 2025
💚 Supported by the #ScottishPowerFoundation, we're making films about the inspiring work of our community Help Points to improve the lives of people affected by dementia, starting with the 1st partner to join the network of 2600 a decade ago in Carluke.
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24 Nov 2025
Very pleased to be a @PlaylistforLife Help Point Coordinator on behalf of the @southribblebc Dementia Community Connection 🎶📻🎧👏
What is a Help Point? youtu.be/3iC6kygwZrE?si=BFTw… via @YouTube
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24 Nov 2025
Still time to sign up for our FREE 45-minute how to make a playlist webinar tomorrow at 2pm to learn how to find and collate the tracks that have special meaning and memories for you or a loved one 💚
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20 Nov 2025
🎶This year's #CarersRightsDay theme of 'know and use your rights' aims to empower carers to understand and access available support.
💚So here's carer Alicia explaining how using personal playlists helped her to help her father, who lived with dementia.
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