{"id":31,"date":"2026-02-09T19:45:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T00:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/chapter\/the-music-plays-on\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T21:18:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T01:18:23","slug":"the-music-plays-on","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/chapter\/the-music-plays-on\/","title":{"raw":"The Music Plays On","rendered":"The Music Plays On"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h2><img class=\"wp-image-63 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2588\/2026\/02\/music-plays-on-cover-238x300.png\" alt=\"Front image of Music Plays On\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" \/> Story Summary:<\/h2>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\nIntroduces Mac, a 77-year-old musician living with dementia, and his new-found friends from the care home. The tale is a meditation on the power of friendship, the ways in which we can reinvent ourselves no matter where we are in life, and the role of friends and family in supporting us even when we aren\u2019t sure we deserve it.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h2>Hear the story:<\/h2>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"7\"]\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\"><header class=\"textbox__header\">\r\n<h2>Hear and see the story:<\/h2>\r\n<\/header>\r\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\r\n<div class=\"postbox h5p-sidebar\">\r\n<div class=\"h5p-action-bar-settings h5p-panel\"><code>[h5p id=\"6\"]<\/code><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Instructions to download this storybook, as well as the audio and video versions, are available at the following link:<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/back-matter\/instructions-to-download-storybooks\/\">https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/back-matter\/instructions-to-download-storybooks\/<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/\">Click to access the Home Page<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/chapter\/the-bucket-list\/\">Click to access The Bucket List<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/chapter\/my-bird-life\/\">Click to access My Bird Life<\/a><\/h3>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox textbox--key-takeaways\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-63 size-medium alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2588\/2026\/02\/music-plays-on-cover-238x300.png\" alt=\"Front image of Music Plays On\" width=\"238\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2588\/2026\/02\/music-plays-on-cover-238x300.png 238w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2588\/2026\/02\/music-plays-on-cover-65x82.png 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2588\/2026\/02\/music-plays-on-cover-225x283.png 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2588\/2026\/02\/music-plays-on-cover-350x440.png 350w, https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2588\/2026\/02\/music-plays-on-cover.png 376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" \/> Story Summary:<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<p>Introduces Mac, a 77-year-old musician living with dementia, and his new-found friends from the care home. The tale is a meditation on the power of friendship, the ways in which we can reinvent ourselves no matter where we are in life, and the role of friends and family in supporting us even when we aren\u2019t sure we deserve it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--learning-objectives\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<h2>Hear the story:<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<div id=\"h5p-7\">\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-7\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"7\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"The Music Plays On (audio only)\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox textbox--examples\">\n<header class=\"textbox__header\">\n<h2>Hear and see the story:<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"textbox__content\">\n<div class=\"postbox h5p-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"h5p-action-bar-settings h5p-panel\"><code><\/p>\n<div id=\"h5p-6\">\n<div class=\"h5p-iframe-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"h5p-iframe-6\" class=\"h5p-iframe\" data-content-id=\"6\" style=\"height:1px\" src=\"about:blank\" frameBorder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" title=\"The Music Plays On\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/code><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Instructions to download this storybook, as well as the audio and video versions, are available at the following link:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/back-matter\/instructions-to-download-storybooks\/\">https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/back-matter\/instructions-to-download-storybooks\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox shaded\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/\">Click to access the Home Page<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/chapter\/the-bucket-list\/\">Click to access The Bucket List<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/chapter\/my-bird-life\/\">Click to access My Bird Life<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"media-attributions clear\" prefix:cc=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/ns#\" prefix:dc=\"http:\/\/purl.org\/dc\/terms\/\"><h2>Media Attributions<\/h2><ul><li >The Music Plays On Cover Image  &copy;  Heather Neale Furneaux and Sam Pineda    is licensed under a  <a rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-nd\/4.0\/\">CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution NonCommercial NoDerivatives)<\/a> license<\/li><\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1292,"menu_order":3,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[49],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-31","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry","chapter-type-numberless"],"part":3,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1292"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/31\/revisions\/136"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/3"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/31\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=31"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=31"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/livingwelldementiastories\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}