Music in old people’s homes or TV depiction therein.

I was born in early 1940. My music was Mozart and Tchaikovsky, so not constrained by date. The music that was being composed in my childhood and teens was by Benjamin Britten and Michael Tippett, so that figured a lot too. I never thought of this as being ‘classical music’. It was just music.

I never took much notice of pop/rock music because I just didn’t find it interesting, so to me it doesn’t typify my youth. I remember finding Elvis Presley unintentionally very funny.

Artdecogra born the same year as you and of course Barbie

So yes the same style of pop music.?

Even my parents were not of the Vera Lynn era.
?More Rock around the Clock?

That would have been my grandparents time.

Hope I never end up in a Care home, but if I do,
I here by decree that my room and all accessories will be Purple?

A good care home should be aware of and cater for peoples choices.

The last one I worked in had a variety of music, Indian dancing for fun once a week, gentle, relaxing, background music during meal times, and regular 50's, 60's and 70's musical entertainers.

I also took some of the residents to watch bohemian rhapsody at the cinema.

There is no excuse for people being bombarded with music that does nothing for them, in this day and age.

I was sat in the waiting room at our local cottage hospital a few days ago and could hear distant music. I found myself enjoying David Bowie the Beatles and then a loud rendition of you’ll never walk alone. I then realised it was all coming from the dementia day care ward. Perhaps they are adapting to our age group. I am 66 but hope I don’t need to go to start attending just so I can hear my type of music

I was always complaining about this when I visited Care Homes as a DN. Later when I managed homes I made sure staff actually asked the residents what they wanted to hear and ensured we had the means to play it and only have performances from visitors that reflected that. I have likewise feelings about BINGO. I will personally defenestrate the care assistant that wheels me into a bingo session.

I was born in 1952 and listened to the Beatles in 1964, I seem to know most of the words to their music even now.
My MIL is in a home wher most of the residents have Dementia, she is in her 90s and they play Alma Cogan plus many, many war tunes on a loop, the other people in the home seem to enjoy listening and The staff say that it helps them as we all remember the songs we grew up with. Not so sure about having their TV on ‘Homes under the Hammer’ with no sound though. Although they all seemed to be watching it.

Excellent post, Artdecogran

My mother was in a nursing home and her and a couple of chums were always lamenting the choice of music

My mother had been a child during the war.

She did love certain tunes from that era

However one day, when they were being subjected to Vera Lynn ... again ... Mum asked if they had any songs from Saturday Night Fever or Grease

I'm 1961 and I fully intended marrying David Cassidy

Loved him

David Essex as well