Inside the Dementia Disco: ‘Music and dancing brings us out of a world we’re stuck in’

The Dementia Disco has supported over a hundred people with dementia and their loved ones (Picture: Fern Deacon)‘We dance, we shake hands, we can start engaging with the other people around us. We become conscious of where people fit into our lives.’  This is the impact of a unique event, in the words of Richard Bones, a 65-year-old who was diagnosed with the brain condition five years ago. Called Dementia Disco, it creates a safe space and community not just for those liv