Aged Care
Relationship is the intervention. And music is the most direct path to it.
Overview
Whether you're caring for someone at home, supporting residents in a facility, or navigating an early diagnosis, this page is for you. These situations are all different. The need is the same. Connection and supportive care.
You’ll have heard or read that music reaches people that words can’t. Recognition and emotional responses to familiar music persist beyond diagnosis. This isn't sentiment. It's one of the most consistent findings across decades of neurological and dementia research. But knowing music helps and knowing what to do with music are different things.
We offer training, resources, and programs that provide home carers, aged care staff, and families with practical tools to use music intentionally. In daily routines, in the hard moments, and in moments where connection is most needed.
Programs meeting your care needs
Caring at home
You don't need a 3 module program. You need three things that work tomorrow morning.
Our resources for home carers are practical, free to access, and designed for people with no musical background. Our coaching sessions, available online, can show you specifically how to use music for the person in your care, for your situation. All with connection at the heart of the design.
We’re here to support you. And you don't have to be musical to make music work.
Residential care
You've seen what music does. You want to do more of it, but you're not the activities person, and you don't have time, training, or a playlist.
Our staff training is designed for personal carers, nurses, and support workers. We focus on the everyday moments of care using attuned practice and aspects from music therapy. We’ll share how to use the skills of attuned practice and familiar song during care moments that might be more challenging, how to use rhythm to ease a transition, how to identify when music is helping and when it isn't. No musical ability required. One training session can change this for you, and for the people in your care.
Early diagnosis
If you or someone you love has had a recent diagnosis, it can be an especially difficult time.
Music therapy in diagnosis of memory loss, mild cognitive impairment or younger onset dementia, focuses on maintaining connection, identity, and quality of life alongside preserving functioning and wellbeing. For people with younger onset dementia especially, this means programs that respect who you are now designed specifically for you and your preferences. We offer individual music therapy, group programs, and resources for families navigating a cognitive impairment or younger onset dementia diagnosis. We support the person with dementia and the main person caring for them.
Frequently asked questions
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Music is often a reliable pathway to connection following a dementia diagnosis. Procedural memory and emotional memory, which music accesses, are frequently preserved long after language and recognition have declined for people diagnosed with dementia. We also know that music is good for brain health through healthy ageing. Feel free to book a free 15-minute conversation with us before any commitment to discuss your needs.
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Passive background music and intentional music are different things. Background music creates atmosphere. Music used with intent and attunement, by that we mean responding to the person, adjusting to their state, using familiar repertoire deliberately for support mood and wellbeing, creates connection. Our training helps staff use music purposefully in everyday care moments and as part of individual care plans.
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Yes. All of our resources and training are designed for people without musical backgrounds. If you can hum, clap, or press play on a phone, you can do this.
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Music activities use music for enjoyment and engagement. Music therapy uses music therapeutically with clinical assessment, clear goals, and a qualified practitioner adjusting their approach based on the person's responses. Both have value. They serve different purposes. We'll be honest about which one fits your situation.
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No. We strongly advocate for starting earlieras this can be more effective. Early-stage programs focus on maintaining connection, identity, and cognitive engagement. Our research has shown that earlier intervention supports cognitive and wellbeing outcomes.
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For more personalised support, coaching sessions are available online at times that fit around your caring responsibilities.
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This matters to us. Our programs and resources include content for the carer, not just the person being cared for. Visit our programs page to find out more.. And if you need more than we can offer, we can point you toward the right support.