
Yoshi's periodical visit to a nursing home in Sydney presented "the distinct sound of the gramophone music brought back lots of memories for the residents". The story still goes on again here in Sydney.
This is to encourage a senior to listen to time-honoured 78 rpm records by cranking a spring of HMV 102. Notice that he knows how to do things properly.
Notice that 90-year-old music loving lady can place a needle of HMV 102 into the groove of a spinning 78 rpm record instantly and graciously.
In this short video, you see an elderly lady who has a very limited time on earth can still wants to respond to a melody of her favourite song with her hand movement.
92-year old music loving senior with visual impairment challenges himself tactically to place a needle onto an exact position of a spinning 78 rpm record.
This is the perfect example of how music remembers an elderly lady with dementia and profound hearing loss. She was far away from human voice as well as musical vibration. When she first heard "A moon over the ruined castle", everything was a total nuisance by saying "Get out quick!!", "Obnoxious!!" and "You stupid". See how things have changed after 2 weeks.
This lady was quite aggressive & uncontrollable because of her dementia & hearing impairment. A long tube is inserted into a horn of HMV 102, directly sending sound signals to her left ear which is better. Now music gives her comfort and peace of mind.
A retired missionary was overwhelmed by the hymn, "The Lord is my light", by John McCormack. This was recorded in 1917 and played by HMV 102 using 5B sound box. At the end, he could not but help exclaiming "Wow".
An elderly lady is having a great time as she hums and moves her arms along with the music.
He had a severe stroke which forced his right hand and leg immobile but his spirit was inspired with one of his favourite songs as he used to listen classic records (not 78rpm but 33 rpm).
This news clipping details the way how gramophone music therapy was conducted especially to dementia elderly. As one of the daily activities, each resident was given a chance to 1) walk to the gramophone 2) crank the spring 3) place a needle on to the record and only then they can enjoy their favourite records of 1930's and 1940's.