Music Therapy Volunteer
Suncrest Hospice is looking for a music therapy student to volunteer their services and learn all about our care. We would like to hire the right person to continue providing music therapy in the near future.
Music therapy is more than a music activity in a nursing home or hospice facility. It is the clinical and evidence-based use of music intervention by a board-certified music therapist. It assesses the strengths and needs of the patient and designs a plan of treatment that includes creating, singing, moving to, and/or listening to live, patient-preferred music within individual, group and/or family sessions.
The goals of music therapy in hospice care depend significantly on the goals established for each patient. Goals for a patient may include:
- Emotional support, reducing anxiety, life review, and mood elevation
- Reducing loneliness, isolation, and providing social support
- Relaxation and comfort, passive listening that may be enhanced with guided imagery, helping patients be more alert and present
- Physical support, helping patients with pain and symptom management, and calming patients who may be restless or agitated