Memory boxes project for Cork dementia patients ‘could be extended nationwide’

Margaret O’Sullivan, executive librarian at the Rory Gallagher Music Library in Cork, said the project had been very successful so far

Executive librarian Margaret O’Sullivan, right, said the pilot scheme had been very successful (Colm Lougheed/PA)

An initiative that uses old photographs of Cork to trigger memories among dementia patients in the city should be rolled out nationwide, its organisers have said.

Specially designed Music And Memories boxes are being used by hundreds of nursing home residents in a pilot programme by Cork City Libraries.