We are a group of medical students from Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine interested in bringing individualized music therapy for patients with dementia. Our inspiration came from the documentary “Alive Inside” which focuses on how music – especially old favorite songs – can have significant memory and behavioral benefits especially in patients with dementia. Our pilot group will be at Renci Nursing Home (Moulmein). The long-term aim would be to generate an application or a website with a database of music preferences of the elderly in Singapore, to allow easy access to playlists for caregivers and patients from their homes.
