“My Top Ten”
“My Top Ten is an international research project that will gather qualitative information about what music elderly people remember and how that is associated with events in their lives. Reminiscence is seen as an important factor in various therapeutic interventions and this project will concentrate on musical reminiscences. Similarly, giving voice to the elderly is seen as an important factor in establishing the worth of the elderly in modern western industrialised societies.
The educational intent is inter-generational in that the project will encourage younger people in schools, colleges and graduate courses to gather the project data, with appropriate supervision, by partnering a younger person with an older person.
In addition, this project will provide information infrastructures for net-based international research cooperation, musical resources for practitioners, patients and carers, and an e–learning resource.
“The active ageing approach provides a framework for the development of global, national and local strategies on population ageing. By pulling together the three pillars for action of health, participation and security, it offers a platform for consensus building that addresses the concerns of multiple sectors and all regions. Policy proposals and recommendations are of little use unless follow-up actions are put in place. The time to act is now”.
World Health Organisation 2002. Active Ageing:
A policy framework (p56).
For more information about this project ask Prof. Dr. David Aldridge
“Our aim at the Centre is to provide competent help wherever necessary and to whom it is required.”
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Postgraduate Researcher: CarolJoy Church
