Songs of Transition by Jennifer Hollis
"I am a music thanatologist, trained to offer music in a prescriptive way, to create a calm space for dying patients and their families. I focus on the patient’s breath as I play the harp and sing. With this rhythm as my guide, music can echo and reflect the dying process. The patient leads the music vigil with his or her breath, right in the middle of the hum of machines, the trill of cellphones, and the voices and nose-blowing of family. It often feels to me as if the room becomes larger, warmed by music and filled with the courage of families preparing to say goodbye."
Also see: The Hospice Flute. and Death Music.
This is the ultimate low-tech, high-touch intervention.
Book: Music at the End of Life: Easing the pain and preparing the passage. by Jennifer Hollis (2010)
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