00:00Getting crafty to calm the mind.
00:05It keeps me busy.
00:07Bob Hall was diagnosed with dementia six years ago.
00:10An arts program run by his aged care home is helping him deal with the illness's frustrations.
00:17The loneliness or the difficulties that it creates in cognitive matters.
00:27If you can just forget about those things you can still enjoy life.
00:33This choir is made up of people with dementia and their carers.
00:38Music has its own magic and singing together is proven to have all sorts of beneficial effects.
00:43The Gold Coast is home to 10,000 people living with the cognitive disease,
00:48meaning the appetite for dementia friendly activities is high.
00:52As the choir has grown so has its impact.
00:56One lady for example is totally non-verbal and she simply smiles.
01:01421,000 Australians have dementia and that number is set to almost double by 2054.
01:09It can be quite isolating, people don't know what to say or what to do.
01:14Being creative and socialising is key to improving the quality of life of people living with dementia.
01:20Improving a diagnosis doesn't mean life is over.
01:24People can live really well with dementia.
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