00:00This is about, you know, people wishing to be comfortable at the end of life, free of
00:07pain, surrounded by their loved ones, and identifying music that has mattered most in
00:13their lives.
00:14So I did wonder, with the songs that made the playlist, did you notice any particular
00:20patterns or trends to the ones that tended to be the most popular that people chose?
00:27No, I think it's really interesting and a very good question, Erina.
00:30I think in essence, it's very much a personal choice, and I'm looking at the playlist myself.
00:36They're very classical hits, very classical, you know, I Will Always Love You, Whitney
00:42Houston, My Way, Frank Sinatra, but, you know, there are some more perhaps easily identifiable
00:51more recent groups as well, you know, Coldplay has featured also in the list.
00:58And actually, it's a gentle introduction into what matters most to people, and quite often
01:04when people really aren't ready to talk about their end of life plans, where they want to
01:08be when they're less well, where they want to die, quite often they'll feel really comfortable
01:13to share with you, if music is important to them.
01:17It's not for everybody, but the vast majority, it certainly is.
01:22You know, some of the groups that I work with, we include, you know, Cognitive Impairment,
01:28one of our wonderful dementia groups, and it's astonishing, they all identified that
01:35they loved Queen, and it was quite an eclectic mix of ages, but Bohemian Rhapsody was number
01:43one, and every single one of the groups actually stood up and sang the words to Bohemian Rhapsody
01:50using the musical instruments that we have here in the group, and it was such a profound moment.
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