‘The playlist giving me life as I face death’

For years, local DJ Dave Gilmore has published the nights of other people in bars and clubs.

But now he curated a unique personal playlist – the songs of his own life to carry it from fatal diseases.

The list includes both November Yağmur and sweet children, weapons and roses, the shadows of Apache, who inspired Dave playing guitar, and the comfortable numbness of Pink Floyd.

Will Hazel O’Connor be 1980 hits? He was dedicated to his wife and mother to his two children.

Until a temporary but strong romantic tension, Saksafon is known for his solo – an instrument that Dave also learned to play.

“When we come together, our melody,” Dave explains by touching his feet.

As the song evokes memories, his wife Kate quietly adds “fighter worth”.

Such moments emphasizes the power of the music of infinite connection.

Therapeutic benefits are increasingly known Palliative and end -of -life care.

Sarah Metcalfe, General Manager of the Dementia Music Campaign of the Utley Foundation, is neurological and emotional.

Brain activity scans “illuminates” more than one part of our brain by touching physical and emotional sensory centers.

Sarah says, “Some of the brain, even if it is damaged, can still be accessible to other parts,” Sarah says.

England charity institution Marie Curie He researched 1,000 adults who had taken care in the final stages of their favorite life.

He found that listening to music together helps to create a common experience that brings them closer, creates a sense of normality and helps them relax.

Kate experienced this first hand. When Dave once returned home after staying in a long hospital, he was twitch and exhausted, but he couldn’t sleep.

From desperation, he returned to Indian music, one of his favorite genres to relax.

“And then suddenly, this anxious, worried man began to sleep,” he remembers.

Diana Schad, a staff nurse in Marie Curie Hospice in Glasgow, and a staff nurse, a personnel nurse, established a piano for patients and volunteers to use it.

He says it’s important to think about the feelings awakened by music.

“You should always ask yourself, is that what they want to feel right now?” Diana says.

Focus on music memories between the ages of 10-30, that is, the most powerful associations are formed

2. Add songs connected to private, important places and important life activities – Youth, Holiday, Romance, First Dance and Wedding Songs

Think of emotions triggered by songs – these can be as strong as memory relationship

4. Keep in mind that music can trigger memories even for people with conditions such as dementia by tying more than one brain zone. Use resources such as BBC music memories To spark memory remembering

5. Be open to unexpected music connections such as TV show themes or commercial Jingles that may have special meanings.

Source: Music for Sarah Metcalfe, General Manager of Dementia

Experts acknowledge that even if a music is unconscious, it can reduce anxiety and psychological pain.

Open University Senior Lecturer Sam Murphy specializes in Thanatology, death work and associated practices.

“There is evidence that hearing is the last sensation that will still argue that music can still reach them, even if someone is unconscious or unresponsive, or he says.

“It keeps them depending on their environment, the people they love, the feeling of being alive, and their memories.”

After a person passed away, music can be equally useful for loved ones.

“I think this is another distraction for people who mourn someone who is loved.” “But there’s the comfort of knowing that their loved ones are listening to something to listen to for years.”

This applies to Anna-Kay Brocklesby, who died of prostate cancer in her husband Ian 2023.

As Ian’s health deteriorated, sharing his favorite songs has become an important part of the coping mechanism of their families.

His wife has become a way to hold the souls up and remain positive.

“He would go down every morning and make tea.

“And he would gnaw it. He used it as a kind of mentality, it will be like this today.”

Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Elton John, who provided comfort and connection.

Two years after Ian dies, Anna-Kay still finds comfort in the music they share together.

“He lives in many ways in us,” says Anna-Kay, “But music can take us somewhere with Ian”.