The Hymns for Dementia represent popular selections from every major hymnal: African American, Baptist, Catholic, Episcopalian, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian, and more. All recordings were made with professional vocalists and piano accompaniment in a professional studio.

They are all arranged very simply, suitable as sing-alongs for elders with Alzheimer’s and other dementias: a slower tempo, fewer verses, and in a lower key than usual.

Here’s a link to listen to or download individual songs (rather than all 86+).

Finalized and uploaded:

1. Abide with Me
2. All Creatures of Our God and King
3. All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name
4. Amazing Grace
5. Be Still My Soul
6. Be Thou My Vision
7. Beneath the Cross of Jesus
8. Blessed Assurance
9. Blest Be the Tie that Binds
10. The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power†
11. Breathe on Me Breath of God
12. Christ the Lord is Risen Today
13. The Church’s One Foundation
14. Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
15. Come Thou Long-Expected Jesus
16. Crown Him with Many Crowns
17. Doxology (Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow)
18. Doxology, Reprise
19. Fairest Lord Jesus
20. Faith of Our Fathers
21. For All the Saints
22. For the Beauty of the Earth
23. Gloria Patri (Glory Be to the Father)
24. Glory Glory Hallelujah (Since I Laid My Burdens Down)
25. God Be With You Till We Meet Again
26. Great is Thy Faithfulness†
27. Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah
28. He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands
29. His Eye is On the Sparrow
30. Holy Holy Holy
31. How Firm a Foundation
32. How Great Thou Art†
33. I Am On the Battlefield
34. I Know that My Redeemer Lives
35. I Love To Tell the Story
36. I Need Thee Every Hour
37. I Surrender All
38. I’ll Fly Away†
39. I’ll Fly Away† (gospel version)
40. In the Garden
41. It is Well with My Soul
42. Jesus Calls Us
43. Jesus Loves Me
44. Jesus Paid It All
45. Jesus Shall Reign
46. Jesus the Very Thought of Thee
47. Joyful Joyful
48. Just a Closer Walk with Thee
49. Just As I Am
50. Leaning On the Everlasting Arms
51. Let Us Break Bread Together
52. A Mighty Fortress
53. My Faith Looks Up to Thee
54. My Hope is Built
55. My Jesus I Love Thee
56. Nearer My God to Thee
57. Nothing But the Blood of Jesus
58. O for a Thousand Tongues
59. O God Our Help in Ages Past
60. O Sacred Head Now Wounded
61. O Worship the King
62. Oh, Freedom
63. Oh, How I Love Jesus
64. The Old Rugged Cross
65. Pass Me Not
66. Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
67. Rock of Ages
68. Savior Like a Shepherd Lead Us
69. Shall We Gather at the River
70. Softly and Tenderly
71. Standing on the Promises
72. Sweet Hour of Prayer
73. Swing Low Sweet Chariot
74. There is Power in the Blood
75. This is My Father’s World
76. This Little Light of Mine
77. Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus
78. To God Be the Glory
79. Trust and Obey
80. We Gather Together
81. We Shall Overcome
82. Were You There
83. What a Friend We Have in Jesus
84. When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
85. When Morning Gilds the Skies
86. When the Saints Go Marching In

Christmas set:

1. Angels from the Realms of Glory
2. Angels We Have Heard on High (Gloria in excelsis Deo)
3. Away in a Manger
4. The First Noel
5. Go Tell It on the Mountain
6. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
7. Good Christian Friends, Rejoice
8. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
9. Here We Come A-Wassailing
10. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear
11. Joy to the World
12. Lo, How a Rose E’re Blooming
13. O Come All Ye Faithful
14. O Come O Come Emmanuel
15. O Holy Night
16. O Little Town of Bethlehem
17. Silent Night
18. We Three Kings
19. We Wish You a Merry Christmas (church version)
20. What Child is This

†Copyright Attributions

The Blood Will Never Lose Its Power: Written by Andrae Crouch. © Copyright 1966. Renewed 1994 by Manna Music, Inc. (ASCAP), 35255 Brooten Road, Pacific City, OR 97135. All rights reserved. Used by permission.
Great is Thy Faithfulness: Words: Thomas O. Chisholm; Music: William M. Runyan. © 1923, Ren. 1951 Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188. All Rights Reserved. Used by permission.
How Great Thou Art: Words: Stuart K.Hine. Music: Swedish folk melody/adapt. and arr. Stuart K. Hine. © 1949, 1953 The Stuart Hine Trust CIO. All rights in the USA its territories and possessions, except print rights, administered by Capitol CMG Publishing. USA, North and Central American print rights and all Canadian and South American rights administered by Hope Publishing Company. All other North and Central American rights administered by The Stuart Hine Trust CIO. Rest of the world rights administered by Integrity Music Europe. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Reprinted under license #RP102920-3.
I’ll Fly Away: Written by Albert E. Brumley. © Copyright 1932 in “Wonderful Message” by Hartford Music Co. Renewed 1960 by Albert E. Brumley & Sons/SESAC (admin by ClearBox Rights). All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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