Music Therapists in Palliative Care
I entered my first palliative care room as a Certified Music Therapist (MTA) in early 1990s. I was unfamiliar with the person I was about to meet – all I knew as I walked through the door was that her...
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Why Music Therapy in Palliative Care?
I entered my first palliative care room as a practicing music therapist in early 1990s. I was unfamiliar with the person I was about to meet – all I knew as I walked through the door was that her name was Gwen,...
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Music Therapy in Palliative Care – Strong Partners in Healthcare
25 years has passed since I entered my first palliative care room. Today, like all the other days in the past, I was unfamiliar with the person I was about to meet - all I knew as I walked through her...
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Music Therapy in Palliative Care – preserving one’s legacy with music
Being aware of your personal soundtrack can have some profound consequences. For Gwen, music enabled her to become all that she could be just a month before she would die. Gwen, a fifty-five-year old, sat in a warmly decorated room...
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A True Gift – Music in Palliative Care
Sixteen years ago, on Christmas Eve, the McDonald family lost their mother to cancer. I know this because the family invited me, as a music therapist, to spend the last few, difficult days with them. The following sequence of events...
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Palliative and Hospice Care
Music Therapy supports individuals in palliative and hospice care by providing comfort and meaningful experiences during end-of-life care. This practice and profession are aligned with the philosophy of palliative care in that it focuses on person-centered care by considering all...
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A Brief History of Music in Healthcare
Starting this month I begin a new blog series to address the case for music therapy in healthcare. I want to put my profession to the test. Does it hold the value I feel it does? Are there areas we...
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3 Considerations before Hiring a Music Therapist?
Many people, young and old, are living with a wide array of physical and emotional needs: decline in motor functioning, social isolation, depression, anxiety, confusion, lack of focus, stress and physical pain....a Music Therapist can help. Call a Music Therapist...
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Music Therapy at AHS
JB Music Therapy is a team of certified Music Therapists (MTAs) who collaborate, design and personalize therapy plans with their clients that will foster desired change to boost mood, decrease stress, improve speech or movement after injury, increase focus, develop learning,...
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JB Music Therapy in the News
Hospital's Music Therapy program becomes lifeline for patients - CBC Songs for a Blue Day - Journal of Musical Things How Music Therapy is easing anxiety and isolation - Discover Magazine Business Spotlight: JB Music Therapy - music to our ears - Todayville Turn...
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