“My PhD”, says Andrea Freeman, “is in communication between long-term couples, one of whom has dementia.” We are in rain-lashed Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, at the HOOT Centre – and it’s a scene of complete euphoria. We join a circle of about 25, people with dementia and their carers, belting out a track they are creating about the sounds they really love. Crisps getting munched, church bells ringing, the last water gurgling down the plughole. “It’s a place for them to be heard,” says Rob Crisp, the resident musician.
What I can’t help noticing is the closeness between the ...
There are approximately 544 more words in this article.
To read the rest of this article, please buy this issue, or join the Resurgence Trust. As a member you will receive access to the complete archive of magazines from May 1966.
If you are already a member, please Sign in
