Music therapy


Music therapy has been shown to have a number of benefi ts for older people, including reducing agitati on and helping with sleep.


Acti vity Co-ordinator Clare Murphy, who studied music at university, runs a weekly session on Clift on Ward at Royal Hampshire County Hospital, using music to help pati ents reminisce about the past. As well as listening and singing along, pati ents can see pictures of stars from the past and are encouraged to talk about when they fi rst heard the songs.


“The feedback from pati ents is really positi ve. They go away smiling and some pati ents who can be diffi cult to engage with otherwise really come out of their shells, singing along. It sti mulates a lot of their senses. There’s the music, the images on the screen and the instruments to hold.


When we talk about the songs, it’s amazing what people remember and they conti nue to talk about the sessions when we have fi nished.


When I was at university, we did a module on music therapy in a paediatric unit and I got hooked. I had found what I wanted to do.”


Clare Murphy 12 | Chief Nurse Review 2016/17: Nursing, Midwifery and Therapies


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