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Welcome to Doorway....
HUGS & KISSES, the fourth album in the Room 217™ series was officially launched January 27, 2007 at the Port Perry Centre for the Performing Arts. The concert featured songs from Hugs & Kisses. Children from the area, ages 4-18 were involved in performing with me to an appreciative crowd.
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Comprehensive & Integrated Hospice
Palliative Care Services: Will Canada
Meet the Challenge?
Sharon Baxter, MSW (Public Policy and Administration), Executive Director Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association
There is nothing more certain than that we will all die; the variable is when, where, and how. Obviously we wish everyone a long, productive and meaningful life. Yet, when the time comes for us to consider how we would like to live at the end of our lives, we all hope it will be with the appropriate and compassionate care, treatment and support. Quality hospice palliative care can provide the necessary support for you and your family at that challenging time. The hospice palliative team is made up of doctors, nurses, social workers, pastoral care providers, occupational and music therapists, volunteers and many others. Together, they provide care to meet your physical, psychological, social, spiritual, loss, grief and bereavement needs.
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Concepts For Compassionate Care: Ideas For Healing
Alleviation of Suffering: The Cornerstone of Spiritual Care
Rev. Elaine MacInnis, BA, MDiv, DMin (Can.)
© 2007 Rev. Elaine MacInnis All rights reserved. Why is it that suffering and its alleviation, which is a major focus of health care, are seldom spoken about in health care settings? Health care professionals may not recognize spiritual issues inherent in their suffering, nor do many believe it is their responsibility to address spiritual issues, and may not know appropriate ways to respond to their patients spiritual needs. The case study of a patient with ovarian cancer and strong religious beliefs experiencing uncontrollable pain is used to explore how a better understanding of the concept of “total pain” and more explicitly spiritual pain might have provided opportunities for improved patient care.
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Book Review: This is Your Brain on Music
Daniel J. Levitin, Dutton (Penguin Group USA), 2006, 314pp
A strikingly accessible, well-documented and humorous survey of current and historical thought on the subject, This is Your Brain on Music examines the neuro-mechanics underlying such aspects of music as pitch, rhythm, taste, talent, categorization and memory, illustrating richly with examples from many musical styles and traditions.
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Caregiving: Our Greatest Gift
Part 2 - Self Care for the Professional Palliative
Caregiver: “How Can You Do That Job?”
Margaret Van Dyck, RN, BScN, CHPCN
“How can you do that job? It must be depressing to work with people that are dying. How do you cope with that?” For those working in palliative care, these are frequently encountered comments that encourage us to reflect and respond. Palliative care has challenges and rewards stemming from its philosophy of whole person care (body, mind and spirit), within the context of
relationships (psychosocial, spiritual), and involving the caregiver’s whole person. The rewards are significant because of the depth of relationship possible, and the satisfaction which derives from reaching the goal of good quality of life by achieving pain and symptom management. Within the context of a well-functioning supportive team, palliative care can be the most rewarding work.
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Rooms Around the World
Profiles hospices, hospitals, long term care facilities and people using or beginning to use music in therapeutic ways. If your organization would like to be featured in Rooms Around the World send us a picture and share a unique aspect of it with our readers. This issue: Canuck Place Children’s Hospice – The Snoezelen Room, Alzheimer Society of Montreal - Walk a Mile Program, MacEwan College – Post-Basic Nursing, Palliative Care
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Music Note
Music Note tells the story behind the songs on Room217. Teddy Bear © Strongheart Inc. – Words & Music by Bev and Rob Foster (Hugs & Kisses) Teddy Bear was especially written for the newly released Room 217 Hugs & Kisses album. The teddy bear, which in fact is represented on the album cover, is personified with feelings and tears. The song is a tender conversation with teddy in which the bear is given permission to cry and express his feelings of fear and sadness.
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Our Broken Souls
A Precious Memory
Music Was The Answer
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Click here to order Spirit Wings, Gentle Waters, Celtic Whisperings and Hugs & Kisses.
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About MIMM?
The McMaster Institute for Music and the Mind is an exciting new multidisciplinary and collaborative research approach to studying the neuroscience behind the musical perception, performance, enjoyment and learning of music. 
http://mimm.mcmaster.ca
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About CCAHTE?
Canadian Creative Arts in Health, Training and Education is an informative eNews/Journal offering resources and awareness to those involved in gerontology, nursing, social work, medical and health education or training. 
www.cmclean.com
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The much anticipated CD musical resource for children, their families and caregivers is now available. Read About It
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The effects of good music are not just because it’s new; on the contrary music strikes us more the more familiar we are with it.
(Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe) After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.
(Aldous Huxley, 1931)
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