Tuesday, November 25, 2008 08:05:18 GMT When the nieces and nephews were young, they lived hours away, in Wisconsin and Washington, while I lived in Indiana. Still, I wanted to make sure they had fun memories of me. I wanted to make sure they knew how much I loved them. So, one year I recorded [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Music Therapy’
Gifts: Recording Singalongs and Readalongs
Posted in Gift Ideas, tagged Caregiver, Caregiving, Cheap Gifts, Eldercare, Family, Gift Ideas, Gifts, Gifts of Time, Good Vibes, Laughter, Meaningful gifts, Music Therapy, Positive Attitude, Stroke on November 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bookmark This Heirloom-Quality Gift Idea: Captures the Power of the Human Voice
Posted in Gift Ideas, tagged Caregiver, Caregiving, Eldercare, Gift Giving, Gift Ideas, Good Vibes, Heirlooms, Heriloom-Quality Gift, Meaningful gifts, Memories, Music Therapy, Nursing Homes, Positive Attitude, Preserving Memories, Products, Stroke, VoiceQuilt on October 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday, October 18, 2008 21:49:38 GMT Rarely do we run across an invention, a touching, heirloom-quality gift idea, which everyone should have in their “gift giving ideas” file. The VoiceQuilt keepsake box ( www.voicequilt.com ) is one of those discoveries: one likely to evoke tears of appreciation. This gift, created on the premise that “loving [...]
Adding Silly to the Caregiver Mix
Posted in Eldercare, tagged Ann-itudes (+ Attitudes), Caregiver, Caregiving, Eldercare, Laughter, Music Therapy, Nursing Homes, Positive Attitude, Stroke on August 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 07:15:41 GMT Today Mom was tired after her evening meal. I asked her if she wanted to sing or read before going to bed. She caught me off guard when she said, “Silly Songs.” I seriously questioned, “Silly Songs?” She directly looked me in the eyes and clearly enunciated, “Silly Songs.” [...]
10 Tips for Starting Singing Therapy
Posted in Eldercare, tagged Aphasia, Caregiver, Caregiving, Eldercare, Music Therapy, Nursing Home, Practice Talking, Singing Therapy, Stroke on August 9, 2008 |
Saturday, August 9, 2008 15:05:03 GMT After a stroke, try singing therapy to exercise both the right and left brain, stimulate memory recall, to exercise speaking muscles (laughing muscles too) and share good vibes. Start small. Try one song, any song, that may strongly resonate. Graduate to theme days: Popular, classic, the decades, hymns, kids’ [...]
Singing for Stroke Recovery, Fun and Distraction
Posted in Ann-itudes (+ Attitudes), Eldercare, tagged Ann-itudes (+ Attitudes), Aphasia, Caregiver, Caregiving, Eldercare, Learning to Talk, Music Therapy, Patient Advocacy, Patient Advocate, Positive Attitude, Singing Therapy, speech therapy, strokes on August 8, 2008 |
August 8, 2008 – We sing in the E.R. We sing in the hospital room. We sing a few hours each week. Singing reconnected me with the Mom I love, after her strokes. Singing saved our sanity. She Can’t Converse Much, But She Can Sing Today, Mom rarely talks. She often knows what point she [...]
