Dr Jennifer MacRitchie

#UKRIFLF at University of Sheffield. Music | Engineering | Cognitive Science | New music tech for dementia | Music, Health & Wellbeing. My views.

[Dr Jennifer MacRitchie @jenmacritchie]

Save the date - the young-onset group @ageuksheffield have created and curated a set of powerful artworks not to be missed. See the exhibition at Hillsborough pavilion 19-20 July. #dementia @ShefHealthspan @sheffielduni

[University of Sheffield Player @UniShefPlayer]

What does music mean to people with young-onset dementia?

This new film centres real voices and shows how music connects, supports and uplifts.

🎬 Watch now: https://t.co/0upVpMtyBt

#YoungOnsetDementia #MusicAndMemory #SheffieldResearch

[Dr Jennifer MacRitchie @jenmacritchie]

Our co-produced film is here! People living with young-onset #dementia are individuals with a variety of musical tastes & needs: https://t.co/ewUaWV4YnF
@ageuksheffield @age_uk @DementiaUK @Arts4Dementia @MusicforDemUK @NASPTweets @UKRI_News @DementiaFriends @CDANArts @UCSFMDRN

[Dr Jennifer MacRitchie @jenmacritchie]

As part of #DementiaActionWeek we premiered our mini film today in collaboration with @ageuksheffield Living with young-onset dementia:Music. Our music, our voice. A co-produced film from the start, we hope it challenges stereotypes of music and dementia.
https://t.co/5k4wZscnKG

[Dr Anthony Chmiel @DrAnthonyChmiel]

New paper out in PLoS One with @jenmacritchie, Roger Dean, and @KateStevArtsSci. Part of our ARC DP at @MARCSInstitute this looked at older adult musical sophistication over 12 months of training and 6 month follow up. Improvisation led to biggest gains: https://t.co/zUxMMvDmD3

[Dementia Community @JDementiaCare]

The January/February issue of the Journal of Dementia Care is out now!

If you're a subscriber, you can login to the website to read it now!

https://t.co/CSYjkJJvs8
https://t.co/8A18DdzJg5

If you're not a subscriber you can sign up here:
https://t.co/XITC7X5hOZ

[Dr Clarissa Giebel 🇪🇺 🇩🇪 @ClarissaGiebel]

Want to join our research group? If you are a carer for someone with #dementia or live with #dementia, and live in the North West of England, join our #Equadem network as 1 of 2 Public Advisor Researchers for 4 years!
https://t.co/4mIFAhKXxM

[Renee Timmers @renee_timmers]

We are celebrating 4 doctorates in Psychology of Music this week! Congratulations Dr Kate Wareham, Dr Billy Aryanto, Dr Rory Kirk and Dr Persa Tzanaki! ⁦@tuosmusic⁩

[Dementia Community @JDementiaCare]

Dementia Diaries, a project run by @Innov_Dementia, has made a renewed call for people living with #dementia to become Dementia Diarists. 

Wayne has made this film to promote Dementia Diaries: https://t.co/twIUGNUlDi 

Read More: https://t.co/qhzrxHorm4

[Dr Jennifer MacRitchie @jenmacritchie]

Alternative music notation systems are proposed to be more accessible for people learning music instruments, but how easy to learn are they? New paper led by Siyao Cheng details experiments testing this out: https://t.co/1ssXsDyKwS @MARCSInstitute @tuosmusic @andy_tonality

[Dr Jennifer MacRitchie @jenmacritchie]

@AscendSocially @tuosmusic @ShefHealthspan @renee_timmers Thank you - yes, we're seeing meaningful emotional connections through using couples' songs, along with seeing benefits when families engage in music together

[Dr Jennifer MacRitchie @jenmacritchie]

🚨Sharing our new paper rethinking the goals of music activities for people living with #dementia to support joint agency, selfhood & couplehood. Includes how #music tech can play a supportive role 🎶🎚️ @tuosmusic @ShefHealthspan @renee_timmers https://t.co/CPs3lqZkBv

[Dr Jennifer MacRitchie @jenmacritchie]

Read about our work with residential care partners @sheffcare and @FionaPritchard at Colton Care in the new issue of JDC @JDementiaCare, and come hear Jon and Fiona speak about this at 3.30 in Hall 5 at #UKDC2024

[Dr Jennifer MacRitchie @jenmacritchie]

We're at #UKDC2024 with our musical devices co-designed with people living with dementia. We aim to support agency, creativity and relationships through easy-to-use devices. Come try them out 🎶 @JDementiaCare @ShefHealthspan @tuosmusic

[Dr Jennifer MacRitchie @jenmacritchie]

Excited for @JDementiaCare Dementia Congress this month! Our music, dementia, technology team explores the potential for technology to support people living with dementia in interacting with music, focusing on agency and creativity. @tuosmusic @mike_neo
https://t.co/3zbkNKDiX8

[Dr Jennifer MacRitchie @jenmacritchie]

Hear more behind the research, the tools, and the wonderful community groups helping us envision new ways of making music together. Darnall Well Being with Jo van Levesy, Fran Arnold and Sheffield Memory Hub with Carl Case in partnership with SACMHA Health & Social Care.

[Dr Jennifer MacRitchie @jenmacritchie]

Watch our friends put music into action! 👇 🎶 🎚
With carefully co-designed tools, people living with dementia, friends and family can interact with and make music themselves. Watch here: https://t.co/3zbkNKDiX8 @tuosmusic @ShefHealthspan @UKRI_News @DarnallWB @SACMHA1

[Dr Jennifer MacRitchie @jenmacritchie]

Happy to see our article about music technology co-designed with people living with dementia republished for the SHAPE issue 🎶 @tuosmusic @UKRI_News @ShefHealthspan

[FUTURUMCareers @FUTURUMCareers]

In this special issue of Futurum we're celebrating all things #SHAPE!
Prof Julia Black (@SHAPEinSchools) explains the importance of social sciences, humanities and the arts for people and the economy. Drama teacher Anne Dunkerley (@guiseleyschool) highlights the power of the arts. Prof Louise Archer (@ASPIRESscience) examines the influences on students’ education and career aspirations. They, and the researchers we work with, are inspiring students to SHAPE the future!
https://t.co/oV5ZRMbAh2

[Deepness Dementia Media @Deepnessdement1]

Hi all here is a short video about dementia the musical pleas share and Comment

https://t.co/veXkQv3eoH

[Music Teacher @MusicTeacherMag]

A new project developed by @TheOHMITrust and @BirmCons is giving young disabled young musicians the opportunity to play in ensembles alongside their able-bodied peers, reaping mutual benefits ⬇️

https://t.co/grPaCDypsE