It is clear that music is a good way of providing cognitive stimulation for Maureen.  On Monday it made a good start to her day:  taking some of the sting out of the search for comfortable clothing.  In the evening she sang like a lark to some of her old records.  So I repeated the early morning routine today, and plan to have a musical evening tonight after tea.

I can hear Maureen singing away as I type this entry to my blog.  As I have said before she is a ‘home bird’ and attending events like ‘Singing For the Brain’ are not her cup of tea.  My approach to integrating individual cognitive stimulation, has to have advantages over sitting down with others for an hour or two once a week.   As I have blogged before Maureen prefers IICST to ICST.  I do not understand why the typical approach to dementia is pulling people together in all sorts of groups.  Cognitive stimulation begins at home: it should be integrated into daily living.

Tomorrow I hope to develop our musical interludes even further.  I think it is possible to build all sorts of other stimulating activities around music.   More detail tomorrow as I’m in a bit of a rush, as I have to see my G P at noon.