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    SAGE team member Simone working with the elderly community.

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Comusichiamo

Comusichiamo is a music engagement project in development for Italian people living with dementia.

The term “Comusichiamo” is a neologism evoking both the Italian term “comunichiamo”, “let’s communicate” and “musichiamo, “let’s make music together”. Led by Dr Simone Marino, the project is located at the intersection of anthropology, ageing, music therapy and dementia. It uses participant observation and the collection of oral histories to co-create a song with participants and their families. Comusichiamo aims to stimulate cultural memory and mental activity through emotions that participants re-experience by engaging with music. It seeks to strengthen the wellbeing and cultural identity of Italian migrant aged care residents living with dementia and various degrees of cognitive impairment. This novel methodology addresses a critical gap in existing aged care support programs. Comusichiamo will be further developed and offered to a range of people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (CaLD) living with dementia in Australia.

Project duration

Ongoing

Publications

  • Marino, S. (2022) Accedere al potere della musica e del linguaggio per il benessere dell’anziano affetto da demenza. Un caso studio durante il Covid19. (Accessing the power of music and language for the well-being of the elderly with dementia. A case study during Covid19). Nuova Rassegna di Studi Psichiatrici (NRSP) (Bulletin of Psychiatric Studies) ASL Toscana, 24(1), 1-14.

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