Hi gargoyle,

There have been a lot of news articles about this in Oz. I can trawl through some of the old news items and see if I can find more info. A lot of the articles I have read state that people with dementia remember songs from their youth better than what they had for breakfast that day.

I just did a quick internet search for it:

Music to our ears. New research guides the most effective approach to music and dementia

A link on that page is to:

Music Playlists for People with Dementia: Trialing A Guide for Caregivers

Something I tell people when I am thinking about my future self in an aged care facility is that if the musicians coming in to entertain us start singing "We'll Meet Again" or other songs from decades before I was born then I am going to get really, really annoyed. I'll be the person putting my hand up and shouting, "Play some Led Zeppelin! Yeah!"

If I am stuck in a wheelchair without the ability to wheel myself away when they play songs too old for me to relate to, I will probably chuck an old-biddy tantrum. LOL