I purchased a Simplified Music Player. It is featured on the Alzheimers website. It comes loaded with about 40 songs (my mom did not like), however, you can delete those and load songs that your husband would enjoy. Very easy to operate. You lift a handle for music to start and lower the handle for it to end. Volume is preset and can be adjusted by you....so very few knobs to confuse him. My mom was in late stage dementia but absolutely loved the music and was able to turn it on and off at her leisure. My only issue was that the music was not very easy to load. I figured it out but it was not very intuitive. It was certainly worth it for my mom. She had lost interest in TV and the songs took her back to her earlier days. Well worth the money and the effort. I purchased on Amazon.
Your profile says, "my husband has dementia and I am planning on moving him to a Memory Care facility."
So, who are you expecting to run the music for him since he most likely now or in the future cannot learn anything new. For my MIL we have a used Bose radio/CD player and have asked the staff to feel free to play music for her when they can. This is the easiest, non-technical way for any staff to be able to help. My MIL is in LTC with memory impairment. The player is right next to her and she's had it for years, yet now mostly just deprograms the clock when trying to use it.
Alexa is my best friend. All you need is the Alexa device and the internet. I can choose my favorite music, TED talks, even movies (on the device that has a screen). There is a fee, but it's small. And no work on your behalf.
And it's super simple to work. All dad needs is to say "Alexa, play 50's Jazz' and 'she'll' play all day long.
YOU don't load anything onto it. There's an unlimited list of songs and stories--I literally put some Jazz on yesterday morning and my DH just now shut her down. 24 hours.
We have one in almost every room. I have a video one in my craft room and can watch a movie if I like. (Sometimes there are fees for movies.)
So, who are you expecting to run the music for him since he most likely now or in the future cannot learn anything new. For my MIL we have a used Bose radio/CD player and have asked the staff to feel free to play music for her when they can. This is the easiest, non-technical way for any staff to be able to help. My MIL is in LTC with memory impairment. The player is right next to her and she's had it for years, yet now mostly just deprograms the clock when trying to use it.
And it's super simple to work. All dad needs is to say "Alexa, play 50's Jazz' and 'she'll' play all day long.
YOU don't load anything onto it. There's an unlimited list of songs and stories--I literally put some Jazz on yesterday morning and my DH just now shut her down. 24 hours.
We have one in almost every room. I have a video one in my craft room and can watch a movie if I like. (Sometimes there are fees for movies.)