Participants are invited to join an online group on zoom or in a location such as a Care Home.

Fred smiling elderly man with glasses wearing a black polo shirt, sitting indoors with a plain wall background.
An elderly man with glasses and white hair, wearing a white shirt over a black t-shirt, sitting indoors with a peach-colored wall behind him.

A letter to my mother

Country roads

A smiling older woman with gray hair wearing glasses and a striped shirt, adjusting her glasses indoors.
A woman wearing glasses, a pink hat, and a dark top sits in a room with bookshelves filled with books behind her.

Don’t fence me in

Smiling elderly man with glasses in a gray zip-up jacket, indoor background.

Cameroon family song

Keep Me Right on the End of the Road

During the online group or zoom -

  1. The elder chooses the song which is sung or hummed at the meeting. This is facilitated by a list of likely songs according to important life events and popular music of the relevant decade.

  2. The Elder then with help indicates why that song was important, linking it to memory according to person, date, place, emotion and/or event.

  3. This is recorded with permission and used by the Elder to modify as required.

  4. At the next meeting, the Elder prepares a series of songs which are handled as before to provide a playlist.

  5. The convener in concert with the Elder organises the playlist to create a database, which is shared with their loved ones

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