What value does music add for people with dementia? And how can you use it as a healthcare worker?
How does music work? What is the added value of using music and making it for people with dementia? How does it affect their loved ones and their bond with one another? And what does it provide for healthcare workers? These – and more – questions were answered during Embrace Netherlands’ Music & Dementia workshop, […]
Workshops discontinued for now
We too must discontinue our on-site operations for the time being. The impact of this is huge: not making music with people with dementia. Not playing music together with caregiving staff and caregivers. No world music from our Boundless Music band. It all cannot and should not be done for now. But we’ll straighten our […]
Music is a constant factor at Frittemahof
Corona dramatically affects the lives of residents and care staff at Frittemahof residential care center in Sneek, part of Patyna. Getting together and doing activities together are no longer a given. In November 2020, the residential care center went into a five-week quarantine due to a corona outbreak. This made the measures even stricter. Residents […]
‘Sometimes something happens that amazes you’
Jetske Anema’s mother participated in the Embrace program Music and Dementia. The musical gatherings visibly pleased her mother, which made her curious. So she did not hesitate when she was allowed to join the special training for healthcare workers. During this training, she learned how to connect with vulnerable people through music. This provided special […]
Why Embrace actually started behind bars
Embrace-Netherlands creator Philip Curtis: Why Embrace actually started behind bars HARLINGEN Philip Curtis is the spiritual father of Embrace Netherlands. His ideas, to use music as a medicinal and even uplifting agent, led to the formation of the organization anno 2021: a foundation that conceives, executes and further develops music programs. To help people who […]
Playing a musical instrument when you have Alzheimer’s, with Erik Scherder
Playing an instrument while having Alzheimer’s and thus your brain is severely affected. Professor Erik Scherder knows better than anyone else that your brain, despite being damaged, is capable of a lot. The brain professor explains it in this video: “This is an unconscious form of learning or remembering that is important for our motor […]
Music as a human note in healthcare
It is not sold-out venues but the few for whom she plays that clarinetist Lauri Bruins (37) of Assen hopes to reach when she performs. With Embrace Netherlands, she plays for the demented elderly, people with disabilities and people in their final stages of life. Music as a happy note or comfort, but most of […]
The power of music at a distance
Embrace Netherlands has made the Music and Dementia program coronaproof. We still conduct the Music and Dementia workshops live under strict RIVM rules. However, it is also possible to participate in the workshop online via iPad or another screen. Embrace musicians Karen Langendonk and Manja Smits gave four sessions to residents of Verzorgd wonen Bos- […]
Embrace Netherlands selected for national research on art within healthcare
Embrace Netherlands’ Music and Dementia program is one of 15 arts initiatives selected for a broad national study of the impact of arts and culture within long-term care. The goal of the research is to provide tools to make arts initiatives that promote health and well-being of vulnerable seniors sustainable. Initiators are Stichting RCOAK, Fonds […]