by Rosemary MT-BC | Jun 27, 2011 | Music Therapy
A hospice patient with Parkinson’s and accompanying confusion is rocking back and forth in his bed when I enter his room in a care facility. At his side an aide is trying to keep him from falling out of bed saying, “No, you’ve got to stay in bed”. He explains the...
by Rosemary MT-BC | Jan 24, 2011 | Music Therapy
Would you like to hear a story that will warm your heart? Recently this music therapist met a new hospice client, an elderly woman who is dealing with advanced dementia. When her daughter answered the door she directed me to go upstairs where her mother was...
by Rosemary MT-BC | Nov 15, 2010 | Music Therapy
Today was not hard to be humble. I think most people who know me would say that needing to be perfect is not a huge issue for me. But today I received a true gift as a music therapist …. And all I had to do was follow the lead of others. I walked into a care center...
