Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
People living with dementia progressively lose skills and abilities. Their feelings and emotions, however, remain; as does their enjoyment of music and their ability to engage with it.
Combining years of practice, research and teaching with a lifelong interest in music led Diana Kerr to helping to set up and run singing groups. She was Director of Stirling University’s MSc in Dementia Studies and a Research Fellow at Edinburgh University and has written widely.
She told an audience in the 2024 Orkney International Science Festival what research findings show about music and dementia, and she described practical ways in which these insights can be applied.
People living with dementia progressively lose skills and abilities. Their feelings and emotions, however, remain; as does their enjoyment of music and their ability to engage with it.
Combining years of practice, research and teaching with a lifelong interest in music led Diana Kerr to helping to set up and run singing groups. She was Director of Stirling University’s MSc in Dementia Studies and a Research Fellow at Edinburgh University and has written widely.
She told an audience in the 2024 Orkney International Science Festival what research findings show about music and dementia, and she described practical ways in which these insights can be applied.
