Best of both worlds: A Palliative Approach in Dementia Care
Janice Robinson from the Broadmead Lodge and I just finished addressing this topic in a webinar for Alzheimer Society of Canada. Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias are by their diagnosis terminal illnesses. Over the past few years dementia care and hospice palliative care have turned their lens to quality care for people with late stage dementia. Integrating a […]
Life Matters Too: Bev's story of improving life through the use of music
Thanks to Bev Foster for this story “For the last number of years, I’ve done music on Christmas morning at our local long term care home. One year, there was a woman who had been a night club singer – she knew all the riffs. While she couldn’t remember what she had for breakfast, or […]
True or False: Music decreases pain
Correct answer: “It depends!” Music needs to be personalized for the individual you are caring for. Play the wrong music, increase the pain… play music that resonates with the person, you may be able to help decrease the pain. Peaceful music, combined with beautiful photography may decrease stress for those who can relax to the […]
Guest post from Bev Foster with Room 217
Musings from Bev Foster, Room 217 There is something extraordinary about the capacity music has to enhance, even transform situations, relationships, well-being, neural circuitry and quality of life. Music has the capacity to meet us where we’re at, influence our mood, trigger memories and give us pleasure, provide comfort and strengthen hope. The themes of […]
