‘MUSIC IN HOSPITALS’ BRINGS MUSIC TO RESIDENTS’ EARS
Friday, 17 April 2009
The residents of Bupa’s Inglewood Nursing Home, Deal Road, Redcar will be serenaded by John Cunningham and Paul Thompson, singer and pianist duo on Friday 24 April at 2.30pm.
The concert has been organised by Music in Hospitals (MiH), a leading charity that provides professionally performed live music in health and care settings throughout the UK. It’s ‘Musical Memories in Care Homes’ project offers live music from a variety of performers, styles and instruments to care home residents. Concerts so far have been hugely successful with a variety of resident groups, including people with dementia.
The charity’s chief executive, Diana Greenman, says: “All I can say, from the bottom of my heart, is a great big thank you to everyone at Bupa for helping Music in Hospitals bring so much pleasure to those people who need it most of all.”
Bupa Care Homes’ Community Affairs Consultant, Siobhan Drane, adds: “We’re delighted that the project is going so well and that our residents are really benefiting from these live performances. We look forward to the continued success of this project and support of this great charity.”
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For further information or to arrange a photographer please contact:
Penny Leng
PR/Marketing Executive
Bupa Care Services
Tel: 0113 381 6306
Fax: 0113 281 8352
Email: lengpe@bupa.com
Bupa Care Services
• Bupa is the largest owner/operator of care homes for older people in the UK.
• Is one of the largest organisations in the UK to be awarded the Investor in People quality standard.
• Operates 301 nursing and residential homes with over 21,000 registered beds.
• 27 per cent of beds are registered for specialist dementia care.
• Approximately 75 per cent of those who live in Bupa care homes receive some sort of state funding.
• Bupa is a health and care company that does not have any shareholders. As a result, it can reinvest all of its profits into the business and focus on its customers.
Bupa
Bupa is the UK market leader in health and care with a strong international presence. Established in 1947, it has around 8 million customers in 190 countries and more than 40,000 employees. Its main interests are health insurance, care homes for older people and young disabled, health assessments, workplace health and childcare services. Bupa Travel offers a bespoke travel insurance service. Sanitas in Spain, HBA and Mutual Community in Australia, IHI in Denmark and AMEDEX in the US are all part of the Bupa Group which also has centres in Hong-Kong, Thailand and Saudi Arabia. Bupa is a company limited by guarantee and does not have a share capital. As a result, it can focus on its customers, helping them to live longer, healthier, happier lives and can reinvest all of its profits to do this – this is the dividend that Bupa provides.
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