I just wanted to make a quick shout-out to Dr. Gerry Clancy, MD and Music Therapist Katey Kooi about the great Rounding@Iowa podcast today. The discussion ran the gamut from how to employ music to help patients who suffer from acute pain, agitation due to delirium and dementia, all the way up to even a possible role for Artificial Intelligence in the hospital and hospice.
87: New Treatment Options for Menopause – Rounding@IOWA
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Music seems like an underutilized modality. I have consulted in many nursing home facilities where the atmosphere was eerily quiet. It seems like that contributes to a lack of structure (along with lighting changes) that may lead to some circadian disruption.
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