Forget Me Knot Walk & Run

Friends Life Care Partners participated in a fundraiser last weekend.   Carol Barbour, CEO, helped to introduce the event welcoming over 150 participants. She was joined by other Friends Life Care Partners team members to support the second annual Forget Me Knot 5K and 1 Mile Walk & Run at Foulkeways’ community in Gwynedd .  Donations were raised for the Foulkeways’ community Music and Memory program.  The Music and Memory program brings the joy of music and music-triggered memories to individuals suffering from Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.  This program was introduced in 2010 by the not for profit Music & Memory^SM Organization.  Last year, Foulkeways used proceeds from the event to purchase iPods and to upload personalized songs for individuals suffering with dementia residing in Montgomery, Bucks, Philadelphia, Delaware and Chester counties.  They provided some of these iPods to Friends Life Care to share.  Friends Life Care saw first hand the wonderful impact that this program had.

The Impact of Music on Memory

Research supports the  powerful impact that music can have on memory.  View this video to learn more about the positive impact that music can have for individuals suffering from dementia.  This tells the story of Henry.  Henry suffered from dementia for a decade and barely said a word — until Music & Memory set up an iPod program at his nursing home:

Source: https://musicandmemory.org/

Read more about the event in an article by The Reporter Online newspaper.