Join a choir
Caring for someone with dementia is hard, but music can help.
We believe joining a choir is one of the easiest ways to give music a go, and there’s a choir for everybody.
Inspired by our recent work with The Prime Timers from Runwood Homes, we’re encouraging eveyone to try singing in a choir. With an average age of 94, they showed you’re never too old to try something new.
Search ‘dementia choir near me’ or ‘community choir near me’, or use our resources below to help get you started.
Resources
Take our choir quiz
Take our fun quiz to find out which choir is right for you.
Music Can
Music Can has a directory with over 300 choirs listed. Visit their site to find the right one for you.
Singing for the Brain
Singing for the Brain is the Alzheimer’s Society network of singing groups.
Real life stories
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![Two elderly women sitting side by side, one wearing sunglasses and a purple vest, the other in a blue patterned dress, both smiling while petting a small dog.]()
“If it’s one of her off days I’ll say ‘shall we put the music on?’ And we both start singing”
Brenda and Trish
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![Two elderly people sitting indoors by a window with vertical blinds and red curtains, smiling; one is wearing a polo shirt, the other a cardigan and headscarf, holding a cane.]()
“You start to sing and you feel much better…you start to wonder if you’re the same person.”
Tim and Cindy
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![Two women sitting indoors, one older and one middle-aged, near a window with floral curtains. The older woman is sitting on a red couch, wearing a dark outfit with a patterned scarf. The middle-aged woman is smiling, wearing a gray top with colorful sleeves. A bouquet of orange flowers is visible on the windowsill behind them.]()
“It can just be five minutes or even just one song, but that’ll do.”
Patricia and Clara
