Unlock Hidden Potential in Your Residents
with Music Therapy

Music therapy designed specifically for geriatric residents is a holistic way to address the physical, emotional, physiological and spiritual needs of older adults. Katherine Lindberg, MT-BC, owner of Melisma Music Therapy Services and board-certified music therapist, notes that Music therapy shows residents that they are still vital in the world and can continue to have a good quality of life.

Music therapy can be used to maintain and improve levels of physical and cognitive functioning, help with depression, and is also used for pain management.

Add Music Therapy Effortlessly

Melisma Music Therapy Services provides a seamless process for adding music therapy to your existing services and rehabilitation programs. There’s no need for additional payroll or employee benefit expense. Schedule as many or as few hours of music therapy as your budget allows.

We’ll work together to:

Discuss your objectives, understand the expectations and potential obstacles and provide a strategy for bringing music therapy to life in your facility.
Secure a local, board-certified music therapist who will facilitate the programs within your facility.
Determine the types of music therapy programs; individual, group, weekly or bi-weekly that best meet your needs.
Integrate our music therapist with your physical therapists, speech therapists and administrators as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

How Does Music Therapy Work?

Our board-certified, music therapists offer a variety of therapy options which can stand alone or work in harmony with your existing services. We can work with:

Physical therapists to create exercise and music rehabilitation programs which help with balance and endurance.
Speech therapists to encourage progress in communication for stroke patients.
Residents directly to provide therapy on an individual basis or as part of a therapeutic group.
Group sessions to provide relaxation and comfort and help boost social interaction for people who are not engaging or who are depressed. Group and individual therapy often involves song-writing for self-expression and playing instruments to teach new skills.

Alzheimer’s/dementia Residents Benefit from Music Therapy

Music memory is preserved better than verbal memory, because music, unlike language, is not seated in a specific area of the brain but is processed across many parts. According to Lindberg, Music touches everyone, and it might be one of the last things people connect to.

The music therapy goals for Alzheimer’s and dementia residents are to maintain their levels of:

Physical functioning
Cognitive abilities
Emotional and spiritual well-being

The board-certified music therapists of Melisma Music Therapy Services accomplish this through creative movement, listening, singing, playing instruments, songwriting and conversation. A decrease in anxiety and an increase in attention span is one major benefit of these programs. For people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias, this holistic, non-pharmaceutical therapy gives people back some of their “self” and allows them to experience calm and positive connections with others. For Alzheimer’s caregivers, it provides a way to reach their loved one.

Add Joy to Your Resident’s Lives Today.

Melisma Music Therapy Services can help.

Call us. Email us. Learn how you can add music therapy for your residents.

Melisma Music Therapy Services
Wooster, OH 44691
(330) 465-8183

Music therapy has made a difference in the lives of our residents at Majora Lane. (The therapist) works with all cognitive levels to meet whatever need they may have. Group and individual sessions are conducted based on the resident’s individual plan. Whether it is an individual with Alzheimer’s that hasn’t spoken any noticeable words but just sang a song from start to finish or an individual that has just written a song about their childhood and has boosted their self esteem, music therapy works on all levels.
Jennifer Heller, Majora Lane Center

Unlock Hidden Potential in Your Residents with Music Therapy