Comfort, Dignity, Delight: An Economical Model of Therapeutic Arts and Holistic Services

Presenter:Alice Kinsler

One hospital’s experience with

Therapeutic Arts and Activity Services

Will our patients

feel better,heal better and be safer

when they feel

anxious, lonely, and bored…or when they feel

calm, at ease, and at peace?

• Reasons

• Sources

• Pathways

ReferralsWhom do we serve?

Meaningful, personalized activity

Creativity and self-expression

When a person is beset by suffering, loss, pain, or fear…

is when they most need the ARTSto console, strengthen, delight, and uplift.

Special focus areas

• Delirium prevention and management

• Palliative care

• Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

Art a la Cart

Delivered by department staff, volunteers, and interns“…so you can choose a print that you like”

Aromatherapy

Reiki

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P.U.P.

Pets Uplift People

Live, televised BINGO

Live MusicLive music at the bedside

Entertainment*Amateur or professional musicians

Performance for the audience’s pleasure, with attention on the performer. (*Offered at Concord Hospital by volunteers)

Therapeutic music* Certified Music Practitioners

Intentional application of intrinsic elements of music to enhance the environment in the moment. Patient may be passive, is not expected to actively participate. (*Offered at Concord Hospital by therapeutic musicians)

Music therapyMusic therapists

Working to attain specific rehabilitative or therapeutic goals by actively engaging a patient with musical instruments and music-making. (Not offered at Concord Hospital)

Live music in hospitals

The Reverie Harp

Available on each nursing unit, 24/7

Funded by a grant for the

Delirium Prevention initiative

“ABCD” Cart Activities at Bedside

for Comfort & Diversion

All bedside visits are

documented in the EMR

• Infuse It with Music

• Art with Heart

• Children’s bereavement group

• Cancer survivors day

• Expressive art workshops for staff

• Memory Café

Other projects and collaborations

• 3 Staff (1.875 FTE)

• 25-30 Volunteers (Reiki practitioners; Certified Therapy Dog teams; Art a la Cart volunteers; BINGO callers; musicians)

• 4-6 Interns (Graduate; Bachelors; Associates)

• 10-12 Independent practitioners

•3 Therapeutic Music independent practicum students

Growing our services

• Development

• Partnerships

• Policy

• Structure

• Education

Components of our success

• Start small and be patient

• Consider benefits, risks, costs, evidence, and sustainability

• Know your organization’s culture

• Communicate and educate staff, again and again

• Document and evaluate

• Earnestly seek feedback

• Collaborate with partners inside and outside

• Sweat the small stuff!

• And, most importantly…

Respect, cherish, and nurture the people who do the work

she feels

empowered,

valued, and

more like

herself.

When we

recognize

and nurture

a person’s

individuality

and personal

strengths…

Resources

Alice Kinsler, M.A., A.T.R.

Manager, Therapeutic Arts and Activity ServicesChairperson, Holistic Healing Council

(603) 227-7000 ext. 3867

akinsler@crhc.org

A cheerful heart does good like a medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.

- Proverbs

Next…

General Session

Keynote: Lee Woodruff

10:30 AM

Grand Ballroom

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