This case study describes work with an 89-year-old woman of Jewish origin from the Czech/German border, with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's. It relates how we explored issues connected with memory, the Holocaust, loss and her arrival in England, aged 16. I will also describe how my own ethnic background and experiences informed the work and the role of the music as a way of expressing and affirming identity. I will be focusing mainly on sessions 1–17.
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