Music Therapy Month has continued at the KBRH Health Foundation all of March, including a wonderful $1,000 donation from the Hamber Foundation to support Music Therapy Programs at Columbia View Lodge and Poplar Ridge Pavilion.
Karen Yamazaki, Music Therapist at both facilities, understands the profound impact of music therapy, easing anxiety and aiding memory loss for residents.
“Above all, it brings joy and enhances the quality of life for those in care,” the foundation says.
“This donation ensures the continuation of this invaluable program for our cherished citizens.”
Read more about Karen here: Music helps stir up memories
What is music therapy?
The Canadian Association of Music Therapists describe music therapy as a discipline in which Certified Music Therapists (MTAs) use music purposefully within therapeutic relationships to support development, health, and well-being. Music therapists use music safely and ethically to address human needs within cognitive, communicative, emotional, musical, physical, social, and spiritual domains.
Music Therapy Scope of Practice
Services performed by MTAs include the application of music therapy interventions within the context of a therapeutic relationship. This relationship is developed through music-based, verbal, and/or non-verbal communication. Certified MTAs use music to address human needs within cognitive, communicative, emotional, musical, physical, social, and spiritual domains. They conduct client assessments, develop treatment plans, implement therapy processes, and evaluate progress. This scope of practice includes a range of procedures, actions, processes, roles, and responsibilities that a certified MTA can safely and effectively perform.
Certified music therapists may also conduct and/or participate in research, educate and supervise students and professionals, facilitate knowledge translation, act as consultants, and provide professional leadership on the use of music to promote health and well-being.
Who benefits from music therapy?
Music therapy is used with individuals of various ages, abilities, and musical backgrounds in clinical, educational, community and private practice settings. This includes: Acquired Brain Injury; Autism and other Pervasive Development Disabilities; Developmental Disabilities; Emotional Traumas; Geriatric Care; Neonatal Care; Obstetrics; Oncology; Pain Control; and Palliative Care.
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