Queens Oak residents receive MP3 players from Purple Angel

Purple Angel is a company based in Devon, whose aim is to raise awareness of dementia and provide support for people who live with it.

The company recently got in touch with the team at Queens Oak Care Home in Peckham to offer them five MP3 players for people living at the home. They wanted to ensure residents have access to music and can feel the benefits of listening to familiar songs – not only does this help to boost mood, but also bring back connected memories from the past.

The team working at Queens Oak thought this was a wonderful gesture and so, they sat down with five people living at the home and discussed their favourite songs. These tracks were then used to create playlists, which were sent to Purple Angle to pre-load onto the mp3 players.

Not long after sending off the lists of songs, the MP3 players arrived at Queens Oak. People sat there with their headphones on, listening to the songs they selected. They were smiling, singing and dancing along – it was wonderful for the team to see the immediate benefit this music was having.

One lady said, “I love that I can now listen to my favourite songs when I want and relax in my room!”

Since the mp3 players arrived, they have been passed around the home so everyone can take some time out to listen to music on their own. This has been calming and uplifting for many people and has certainly improved personal wellbeing.

Everyone at Queens Oak would like to say a big thank you to Purple Angel for this kind donation and for brightening their days with music.