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Music Therapy and End-of-Life Care

For this week’s article, we have a New York Times piece on music therapy and how it helps people in end of life care, especially in improving their quality of life. Mentioned in the article is Dr Russel Hilliard, a pioneer in hospice music therapy, who co-led Jen’s recent trip to Thailand.

 

“When another resident, Jose Reyes, died in 2016 at age 100, Ms. Kelly gave his daughter a CD of the song he had written, ‘All We Have Is Today.’ His daughter, Alida, read the lyrics at the funeral.”

Music Therapy Offers an End-of-Life Grace Note