Music has an ability to transcend cultural, language and societal barriers. It has the power to promote wellness for the whole person. At Hospice & Community Care music is one of the many therapeutic art forms that we use to promote total well-being and symptom management within patients, families and caregivers.

Benefits of Music Therapy

Hospice & Community Care is committed to the personalized care and comfort of all our patients. Based on a patient’s needs music therapy is recommended to complement their symptom management. The benefits of music therapy include:

• Pain management
• Anxiety reduction
• Expression of emotions (verbally and non-verbally)
• Increasing feelings of meaning/purpose
• Improving comfort
• Providing a normative experience
• Increasing feelings of closeness, acceptance, and intimacy
• Resolving family conflict/relational stress
• Increasing range of coping mechanisms
• Gaining a sense of spiritual support
• Fostering meaningful sensory engagement
• Creating positive memories at the end of life

Music Interventions

Hospice & Community Care provides the following types of music therapy:

• Song singing
• Song choice
• Playing instruments
• Song writing
• Moving to music
• Lyric discussion

How Can I Get Music Therapy?

Music therapy is provided to adults, teens and children under our hospice care, and is administered by our Board Certified Therapist. Hospice & Community Care team members assess each patient to determine if music therapy would best meet his/her needs and assist with symptom management.