Community Spotlight – Dementia Action Alliance

Memory Tracks is a free to download app that supports care by using memorable music connected to daily activities. It helps stimulate memory, manage agitation, assist with care and support important daily routines through song-task association. The app features 60 of your favorite songs to sing along to, complete with lyrics. Singing can be a powerful boost to mental health and wellbeing.

SingFit is an app program that elevates mood and improves speech through singing. The SingFit app is free to download and comes with 12 free songs. There is a $4.99/month subscription fee for unlimited access to the full SingFit song library. This app is only available for iOS devices like iPhones and iPads.

Vera is an app for families and primary carers to add meaningful music into the daily routine of people living with dementia. With access to over one million hits from the past, carers can play the music their loved one’s listened to in their youth (and don’t remember) without needing to intervene or actively manage the music selections.