PROJECT

Musical Participation in the Care of Patients with Alzheimers

A clinical investigation of the effectiveness of group
singing for people with Alzheimer’s

UWA Conservatorium of Music’s Nicholas Bannan is working as part of a research team at Trent University in Nottingham in the United Kingdom on a clinical investigation exploring the efficacy of group singing for people with Alzheimer’s.

This project draws on protocols from a project held in 2004, ‘Singing for the Brain’, devised by Dr Bannan for The Alzheimers Society. There are now more than 40 Singing for the Brain choirs operating across the UK.

The BBC released a documentary about the project, which screened in Australia in 2018.

As part of this project, Dr Bannan will work as an advisor and conduct some project work as with the UK-based team.

Goals

Discover if responses to group singing activity are positive

Identify any progress in patients to learning music

Answer the question of whether people with Alzheimer’s could participate in group singing

Research team leader

Dr Nicholas Bannan

Dr Nicholas Bannan is an Associate Professor of the UWA Conservatorium of Music. He is an internationally renowned composer and conductor, with a special interest in the evolutionary origins of music in our species.

News

Dementia: Singing for the Brain

Singing for the Brain is a service provided by the Alzheimer's Society, which uses singing and other activities to bring together people with dementia or memory loss. A group of participants and their carers talk about the service's benefits.

Contact Dr Nicholas Bannan

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+61 8 6488 2058

Email

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nicholas.bannan@uwa.edu.au

PROJECT

Musical Participation in the Care of Patients with Alzheimers

A clinical investigation of the effectiveness of group
singing for people with Alzheimer’s

Goals