By Eric King-
The BBC has launched an online archive of audio clips to help Dementia sufferers.
The clips comprises pictures,. audio, and video clips, as part of a project to help Dementia sufferers and their families. The BBC website was created by the BBC together with Dundee and At Andrew’s Universities and the Alzheimer’s Society.
After a pilot scheme was launched last year, 17,000 if those who used it said it prompted long term memories they did not even realise they had. The BBC now plans to make the resources permanent and easier to navigate, facilitating the stimulation if conversations and reminiscences in a natural way”.
Footage used by the BBC to help stimulate effective aid to dementia sufferers include scenes from from the 50’s of children playing football matches , popular television and radio programmes throughout he decades including David Attenbodough’s famous 1950’s encounters in Zoo Quest up until The Generation Game- Blue Peter and Play School.
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News footage including visits from the Queen and speeches made by former UK prime minister , Margaret Thatcher, are among those featured in he footage. The Moonlandings are also included in the footage.
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