About LOVES MUSIC
LOVES MUSIC explains the profession of music therapy and describes what hospice care is. It tells patient stories to demonstrate music therapy’s purpose for a wide range of needs — from pain and anxiety, to dementia, emotional support, family coping, quality of life enhancement, and life closure.
Part 1 introduces Dee and follows her music therapy relationship for two years — an unusually long hospice experience where issues like shortness of breath, family conflict, losses of independence, joyful social engagement, and legacy work are addressed in music therapy sessions. Part 2 celebrates many more hospice patients, and shows how music therapy helps in a variety of other situations.
By the end of this book you’ll see the breadth of possibilities for utilizing a board-certified music therapist on the interdisciplinary hospice team. And, you will be uplifted by how music therapy fosters creativity, comfort, and hope, even while living with terminal illness.
This book is written for music therapists, music therapy students, hospice professionals, and anyone curious about music therapy in end-of-life care.
LOVES MUSIC shows how music therapy can ease pain, calm anxiety, support families, and bring meaning and comfort at the end of life.
For music therapists and music therapy students —
Discover a wide range of real-world music therapy interventions for hospice care. Understand the role of the music therapist when facing patient challenges.
For hospice professionals —
Learn how music therapists can enhance your team's care across physical, psychosocial, emotional and spiritual needs of patients and their families.
For anyone curious about music therapy —
Gain a clear understanding of what music therapists do and how they support patients and their families in hospice.