Here for Healing ~ Music, Massage and Art Therapy at Hospice Buffalo
Healing through Expressive Therapies
Some of the most beautiful Hospice moments happen when an Expressive Therapist is in the room!
Expressive therapies play an integral role in enhancing the quality of life for adults and families in Hospice Buffalo, as well as for children and their families in our Essential Care program. Our credentialed therapists address the physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of our patients and families through various therapeutic interventions such as music therapy, massage therapy and art therapy.
Benefits of Expressive Therapy
- Provides a creative outlet for self-expression and interpersonal support,
- Helps patients and families manage pain and other symptoms,
- Decreases loneliness and isolation,
- Encourages movement and active engagement,
- Facilitates reminiscence and life review,
- Provides opportunities for creating a legacy
Expressive Therapies Team includes:
- Music Therapist
- Massage Therapist
- Art Therapist
These disciplines are integral to our clinical mission, enabling us to provide an authentic, collaborative experience for our patients and families. Evidence-based research and working theory recognizes the significance and impact of these therapies. Expressive Therapy offers patients and their families opportunities to actively process and effectively benefit from the core services of a true interdisciplinary team. We develop treatment plans in collaboration with physicians, nurses, social workers, and chaplains, and provide an ongoing supportive presence throughout the individual’s care.
Where can you find us?
Our expressive therapists visit with patients and families in all care settings:
- Patient’s home
- Participating hospitals
- Nursing homes and long-term care facilities
- Hospice inpatient unit
Expressive therapists also collaborate with Hospice Bereavement and Community Grief Support to facilitate various therapeutic interventions for programming such as Storm Clouds & Rainbows and Camp Blue Skies.
About Expressive Therapies
Studies show that when Expressive Therapies are integrated with traditional types of treatment, many patients and families experience a sense of healing through the use of imagination and various forms of creative expression.
Expressive Therapies are made possible because of the generosity of donors like you. Please consider making a donation today!
Hospice Buffalo's Director of Expressive Therapies, Abigail Unger and University at Buffalo School of Nursing magazine editor, Sarah Goldthrite, discuss the impact of expressive therapy in the latest issue of UBNursing.
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