UL Song Collaboration Released

'We Will Tell Everyone' is a result of a research collaboration between members of the Dementia Research Advisory Team at The Alzheimer Society of Ireland (The ASI) and the Music Therapy Department at The Irish World Academy, UL.

Written collaboratively with support from esteemed songwriter Carl Corcoran, the original song explores the experiences of living with dementia and the importance of public and patient involvement in dementia research. Helen Rochford -Brennan, Kevin Quaid and Gerry Paley are all living with various types of dementia with support from their family and friends Carmel Geoghegan, Helena Quaid, and Nuala Paley, and are committed to raising awareness of dementia, PPI in dementia research and breaking the stigma of a dementia diagnosis. They collaborated with music therapist Lisa Kelly from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, at the University of Limerick on her PhD research exploring the role of music therapy for people with dementia and their family caregivers.

This research was supervised by Prof. Hilary Moss, Course Director of the MA Music Therapy and Prof. Ita Richardson from Lero - The Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for Software.

The song can be viewed on the UL Connect Website and the Workvivo app which is available for iPhone and Android.