Category Archives: Grief & Bereavement The Last Iris: A Mother’s Day Tribute By Jane Twohey (of the Room 217 Foundation) with Rory Taillon “I celebrate two moms on Mother’s Day,” says Rory Taillon, a young and talented musician from Oshawa, Ontario. “I always made two Mother’s Day cards when I was a kid; one for my mom and one...  The Room 217 Foundation, with the generous support of the GlaxoSmithKline Foundation, has recently implemented the R2R program in 42 Hospice and Palliative Care programs across Canada. Here are 10 ways R2R participants are introducing and integrating Room 217 music in end of life care. The comments have been reported by HPC facilities participating in...  Part 3 – Special Series on Music and the Brain Do you ever wonder why we may like to listen to sad music? Why do people create sad song playlists on their ipods? We often listen to music that either matches our mood or that will help change our mood. But sadness is normally an...  I would like to take this opportunity to introduce our guest blogger Val Maloney. Val has been touched by the mission and purpose of Room 217 and when asked to share how music has affected her life, was quite willing to let us in on her private childhood memories of music and her Grandmother. Thanks... |
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