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ReConnect

Our ReConnect programme, which has been running since 2013, aims to improve patients’ and carers’ sense of wellbeing and quality of life, bringing people together through music to connect, communicate and enjoy spending time together. The programme provides a series of weekly music sessions in which dementia patients, together with visiting family members and care staff, are invited and supported to sing, play instruments, improvise and listen.

We run our ReConnect in partnership with Caring in Craigmillar, which provides care services for older people in the Edinburgh area.

AUTUMN 2024

14 October - 2 December
Royal Edinburgh Hospital (in partnership with NHS Lothian)

SPRING 2025

24 February - 14 April
Royal Edinburgh Hospital (in partnership with NHS Lothian)

For further details about the programme, please contact connect@sco.org.uk

ReConnect Online Resources

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We see a number of very positive benefits for patients, including notable positive changes to mood, reduction in stress and distress, decreased social isolation and reminiscence initiated through the music played and shared.

Occupational Therapist, Older People’s Mental Health Service, NHS Lothian

Jane bentley reached and shakes a hand with an older man. The image is cropped on Jane smiling.

Jane Bentley

Jane Bentley completed her PhD degree at Strathclyde University, focusing on musical relationship and interaction. She has worked musically in dementia care settings for over 15 years.

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Delivered in partnership with

NHS Lothian and the University of Edinburgh

Kindly supported by

The Morton Charitable Trust and the Gladys Jane Wightwick Charitable Trust

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Baillie Gifford

This project was made possible by the generous support of Baillie Gifford. Their sponsorship is enabling us to reach thousands of people in communities across Scotland.

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