MELODIC highlights the value of music therapy for NHS inpatients with dementia 

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MELODIC, a collaborative study between Angela Ruskin University’s Cambridge Institute for Music Therapy Research (CIMTR) and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT), has shared a film from an event MELODIC co-hosted with Dementia UK to highlighting the impact of music therapy on reducing distress for people with dementia on NHS inpatient wards. 

You can watch the film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyhZzVmTk40 

Find out more about MELODIC here: www.aru.ac.uk/cambridge-institute-for-music-therapy-research/our-research/healthy-ageing-and-dementia/melodic 

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