In long term care, the arts play a valuable role in conditioning the environment to feel more human, more like home and to prepare individuals for the changes that may come.

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Whether it is Music, Art, Dance or Gentle touch our practioners at Earthtones are well adept in the field of geriatric and senior care. We are preapred to offer a full range of these complementary arts based therapies to round out any care team.

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The end of life is a very challenging time for individuals in their families, many wonder what they can do to provide a more fulfilling end of life experience for their loved ones and I have seen firsthand how music therapy can help with that. We collect art-based memories through our lives and often these are the memories that come most readily when we are at the final stages; weddings, family gatherings, religious ceremonies all have music and the arts associated with each event and are significant experiences that live deeply in the mind.

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Regarding Music Therapy specifically, each culture has special music for specific occasions and these traditions connect us each to an intergenerational sense of well-being and purpose. Using music and the arts to bring about connection and foster a calm environment is a priviledge we enjoy as these types of therapists. Music can purify the space around us and help ease the passing of a loved one. I believe it‘s’ something all people should have access to.

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At Earthtones, providing a quality, culturally sensitive, End-of-Life experience for individuals & their families is of the utmost importance & it is our honour to be a part of these last moments in our client’s lives.