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The Oboe Man

Paul Mosby was a professional oboist, but now with advanced Alzheimer's, he spends his days walking the corridors of his care home. Can music therapy reconnect him with his past?

Paul Mosby was a professional oboist. Now with advanced Alzheimers, he is largely non-verbal, and spends his days walking the corridors of his care home. His wife Yvonne and daughter Helen hope that music therapy might awaken his connexion with music, and with himself. Paul made the decision to stop playing the oboe nearly twenty years ago. He put it away in a box, and has not played since. And the early music sessions don't go well - Paul only stays a few minutes and then again begins his endless walking. Then his daughter brings in an old oboe that he gave her many years before - will it evoke any memories in Paul and re-connect him with his past?

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28 minutes

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Thu 8 Aug 2019 23:30

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  • Mon 18 Dec 2017 11:00
  • Thu 8 Aug 2019 23:30

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