In Hospice/Palliative Care Settings
The need for pain management, emotional support, and humane respect is never more evident than when a patient is in hospice. The current curative medical model of care, while often a miracle, has to modify and enhance its response to patients for whom a cure is not possible. It has had to yield to the needs of patients whose comfort has become primary and whose families are in need of calm acceptance of the outcome they may well have dreaded.
The C.A.R.E. Channel offers a reconnection to the universality of nature, the basic need and comfort of appropriately soothing music, and is a welcome respite from commercial television programming or the sounds of the facility itself.
Sleep deprivation/light sleep levels
Similar to the long-term care patient, the hospice patient can find sleeping to be a challenge. The C.A.R.E. Channel, including its sunset and sunrise programming and midnight starfield, becomes a companion to help relieve fears and create a restful environment. Nature is familiar even when the actual scene is new and the experience of the outdoor setting can provide comfort and reduce anxiety.
Pain Management
When a patient is in hospice or palliative care, comfort and pain management are of the highest importance to the person and the family. The use of The C.A.R.E. Channel can enhance pain managment protocols and promote relaxation and restfulness. There are numerous studies documenting the use of music and the management of pain.
You can find a partial bibliography of recent studies relevant to pain management, the use of music, healing environments, light and environmental preferences and sleep improvement in our topical bibliography.
In addition to hospice/palliative care, The C.A.R.E. Channel is effective in a variety of healthcare settings:
