Category Archives: music care community

SAVE THE DATE! MCC 2013 – Saturday November 9, 2013 – Toronto, ON

MCC 2013 – Saturday November 9, 2013 – Toronto, ON The Room 217 Foundation’s Music Care Conference will be returning to the University of Toronto on Saturday November 9, 2013 in partnership with the Music and Health Research Collaboratory, Toronto Alzheimer’s Society, Baycrest Hospital and founding partner Laurier Centre for Music in the Community. Speakers...

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Introducing Room 217 music care resources at end of life

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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...

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Faces of Music Care Part 8: Health Arts Societies – Concerts in Care

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This blog entry is submitted by Noreen Langdon, Executive and Artistic Director for the Atlantic Health Arts Society.  For more information or to contact someone in your area about Health Arts Societies, visit www.healtharts.org or www.samsante.org The Health Arts Societies/Société pour les arts en milieux de santé is a national group of seven registered charities...

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Faces of Music Care Part 7: Buddy’s Glee Club

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A Choir Program at Baycrest’s Community Day Centre This blog entry is submitted by Dr. Amy Clements-Cortes, PhD, MTA, MT-BC, FAMI, Senior Music Therapist, Baycrest Hospital. Buddy’s Glee Club is a study supported through a donation by a private donor in honour of her late husband “Buddy”, and a grant from the Association for Interdisciplinary...

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MCC Toronto – a movement, not an event

On Saturday November 10, 2012 close to 300 people gathered at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music to learn more about issues and themes in Music and Care. Watch what happened here: Here’s what participants are saying about the day: SOME HIGHLIGHTS I enjoyed the amazing connection felt with everyone when we were all...

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