PODCAST [56] Music, evidence and dementia care – with Nick Denham, Public Health, Hertfordshire

In this episode, I talk with Nick Denham, who moved from Participation and Inclusion work at Hertfordshire Music Service into Public Health, where he’s now a Senior Knowledge Transfer Facilitator. We discuss Hertfordshire’s Power of Music Centre of Excellence – training care staff as music champions for people living with dementia, and what listeners can learn from this work.

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We talk about:

• Nick’s route from community arts and youth work through Hertfordshire Music Service’s Changing Tracks programme into Public Health
• the Power of Music Centre of Excellence in Hertfordshire, its connection to the national campaign, and what it’s trying to achieve
• training staff in care homes as Music Champions
• how the programme is measuring impact across four ambitious outcomes – resident wellbeing, quality of care, workforce development and wider system change – and what the early evidence from year one shows
• how aspects of Nick’s background in music education have transferred into his public health work
• tips and advice for music organisations wanting to connect their work to local health priorities

Transcript: Music, evidence and dementia care – with Nick Denham, Public Health, Hertfordshire

 

The Power of Music: National

• The Power of Music Report and campaign
• The Power of Music Fund (National Academy for Social Prescribing) – including national partners and the Centres of Excellence
• Music in Mind – Manchester Camerata Centre of Excellence for Music and Dementia

 

Hertfordshire:

Power of Music – Music in Herts Dementia Care (Hertfordshire’s Centre of Excellence):

• Hertfordshire Power of Music programme information on Age UK Hertfordshire
• The Power of Music Centre for Excellence Hertfordshire – Evaluation Report for Year 1

 

The Evidence Pie – A simple way to understand and use different types of evidence for better decisions.

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