November 14, 2018

Why prescribing playlists for people with dementia is on the money?

As we live longer than ever and want to enjoy good health, rather than just avoiding ill-health, we desperately need a new model of healthcare. The focus of social prescribing on prevention, wellbeing and community has got to be worth a try, Guardian writes in a very interesting article. “We’ve got to stop over-medicalising people. Popping pills and prozac won’t cure all problems” - they quote UK's health and social care secretary, Matt Hancock. He sees social prescribing as “fundamental to prevention” of ill-health and wants to harness the “life-enhancing” arts to the “life-saving” medical sciences.