Tracey Hardy, activities supervisor for the club, which meets at the Northumberland Avenue Community Centre, nominated Lost Chord, which provides interactive musical sessions designed to stimulate responses from dementia sufferers, as the Dinnington and Maltby Guardian's Adopted Charity 2008.

Click here to watch the video of Lost Chord in action, including comments from founder and chief executive Helena Muller.

"It's like a party atmosphere when they're here," said Tracey. "It's marvellous to see our members enjoying themselves. They all really look forward to it."

"People with dementia will all respond in some way to music because it's stored in the long term memory, which is almost always left intact."

"The concerts are really therapeutic and help to lift their confidence. The dancing also provides a form of exercise," she said.

"It allows them to experience live music in an environment where they feel comfortable. It's a very positive experience."

The club, which is run by the Bassetlaw branch of the Alzheimer's Society, is open to people living with dementia and their carers four times a week.

Members are generally at the beginning or middle stages of the condition and are having problems with short term memory and communication.

Tracey organises a number of activities to help stimulate members' minds, including arts and crafts, photography, and creative writing.

"Everything we do aims to maintain the skills that people already have," said Tracey.

"Lost Chord is great because the music is aimed at what they can do, not what they can't. Music evokes a lot of special memories and emotions and those are very important for people living with dementia."

"Although they might forget the activity they have done, the emotion it provoked will still remain for a long time after."

"I've seen people who are normally quite introverted become really animated during concerts. It's wonderful."

"We've often had calls from carers afterwards to say that they're still buzzing from it days after."

Tracey says that there are a lot of misconceptions about working with people with dementia and that the service Lost Chord provides is extremely important.

"A lot of people think that what we do must be depressing but it's not at all," said Tracey. "It's an uplifting atmosphere and very humbling too. There's a lot of humour here and we have a lot of laughs."

"Lost Chord is a very worthy cause. It's good because it's specifically for people with dementia, and there aren't many causes like that."

"No matter what, people still have a lot to give. Our eldest member is 93 years old and is still very agile, despite her condition."

"Never underestimate the capabilities of a person with dementia."

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