Armchair Travels: 1 Training DVD & 6 CDs!

Training and session toolkit combined
Musical Armchair Travels is a unique resource combining facilitator training with age-appropriate music and practical session guidelines.
1.  A training DVD (48 minutes runtime) for staff which includes:

Commentary from leading experts in the field of dementia care and creative expressive therapeutic leisure practice.

Step by step guide to:

Assessing the needs and preferences of the participants
Planning the 'Armchair Travel program to suit those needs and preferences
Conducting the 'Armchair Travel program
Evaluating the outcome to ensure quality and relevance of future 'Armchair Travel programs.

Presenters:

Colette Baya - Activities Coordinator. Armchair Travels Program Developer Discover the philosophy behind the Musical Armchair Travels program and watch Colette as she takes you step by step through a full Musical Armchair Travels session.
Professor Henry Brodaty - Scientia Professor of Ageing and Mental Health, University of NSW. Find out what research says about the benefits of music for sufferers of dementia.
Dr Heather Hill - Dementia-care Consultant. Discover how music can move people outside the limitations of the nursing home environment and influence their social and emotional atmosphere.
Ruth Wilson - Diversional Therapist. Learn the four steps of successful documentation. These steps will help you show compliance, evaluate the effectiveness of your Musical Armchair Travels program and improve your practice.

Michael Mildren - Music Practitioner. Learn why including age-appropriate music in your repertoire of activities is so important.

2.  A set of 6 Armchair Travel sessions based on music (Six music CDs)

The music on these six CDs will provide countless hours of accompaniment for the Musical Armchair Travels journeys.
Each presenting music based guidelines focusing on a chosen and popular musical destination.
All tracks have been carefully chosen and arranged to engage but not agitate or disturb participants.
The songs are short and each one will help set the scene for a different musical destination.
While the tracks are not designed for sing-alongs, some participants may want to sing along. The main goal of the music, however, is to evoke fond memories and discussion of travel experiences.

MUSICAL ARMCHAIR TRAVELS is an easy to follow, step by step guide to creating, conducting and evaluating quality musical reminiscence programs for people living in supported aged care.
It can be used as a training aid by:

staff new to the industry, with limited experience and training or
experience fully trained practitioners as a refresher or stimulator of new ideas and concepts.

No musical training or aptitude is required to effectively create and conduct these quality Armchair Travel reminiscence programs.
Australian songs include:

Advance Australia Fair
Morning Town Ride
The Pub With No Beer
Redback on the Toilet Seat
Waltzing Matilda
Skippy The Bush Kangaroo.

 
European songs include:

Under The Sea
Harbour Lights
Rum and Coca Cola
The Isle of Capri
The Rain In Spain
Zorba The Greek
Lambeth Walk
Wunderbar
Under The Bridge Of Paris
The Blue Danube
Casatschok
Radetzky March.

 
UK songs include:

London Bridge
God Save The Queen
Land Of Hope And Glory
Penny Lane
Old Father Thames
The Bells Of St Mary's
Rose Of Tralee
The Ash Grove
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
The White Cliffs of Dover
I Belong To Glasgow
Lambeth Walk.

 
USA songs include:

Manhattan
California Here I Come
New York New York
Give My Regards To Broadway
I Left My Heart In San Fransisco
The Sidewalks Of New York
Down By The Riverside
Take Me Home, Country Roads
Home On The Range
When The Saints Go Marching In
Oklahoma
The Tennessee Waltz.