Letters from Supportive Administrators

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Letters from Supportive Administrators
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Rehab Pro

• Rehab Pro
• 2624 Kensington Drive, Suite 102Tyler, TX 75703
• March 6, 2006
• Re Carolyn Webb, MT-BC, NMT
• Benefits of Music Therapy
• Dear Sir or Madam
• Music therapy plays an instrumental role in the
  rehabilitation of our
• residents. The integration of traditional
  physical, occupational and
• speech therapy services with music therapy
  enhances the
• therapeutic process. Music therapy is typically
  introduced to
• compliment the goals already developed by the PT,
  OT or SLP.
• The music therapists expertise provides an
  appropriate tempo,
• rhythm, pace, instrument or song to meet the
  goals of the session.
• There is typically improved carry over,
  motivation and participation
• with music therapy and traditional therapies
  combined vs.
• traditional therapies alone which ultimately
  leads to greater
• outcomes. Music therapy is also a great
  marketing tool and is
• very appealing to family members trying to decide
  where they

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Winters Park Nursing Rehabilitation

• 3737 N. Garland Ave. Garland, TX 75044
  [phone]
• March 7, 2006
• To Whom It Concern,
• At Winters Park Nursing and Rehab we added a
  music therapy
• program and saw huge gains in resident
  participation with therapy
• services. Music Therapy was especially effective
  with residents
• with dementia or head injuries. It also
  benefitted residents that were
• not always willing to participate in day to day
  therapy. I highly
• encourage utilizing music therapy in the rehab
  setting for all ages.
• Music therapy also benefited the general
  population in our nursing
• facility. Music always seems to bring a smile to
  our residents
• faces..maybe it is a song that brings back fond
  memories or a
• musical instrument they enjoyed playing at some
  point in there
• lives.
• I am so impressed with the success that came out
  of the program
• at Winters Park that we will be implementing
  music therapy at The
• Plaza of Richardson- My next endeavor of success
  stories for the

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St. Davids Rehabilitation Center

• March 13, 2006
• To whom it may concern
• We have utilized music therapy at St. Davids
  Rehabilitation Center since
• May of 2004. St. Davids is committed to
  providing comprehensive and
• state-of-the-art modalities to its rehabilitation
  patients. To reach that end,
• Music therapy has become a critical piece of our
  neurological treatment
• program. The inpatient population at St. Davids
  Rehabilitation Center
• consists of a large stroke population. In
  addition we treat brain injuries,
• Parkinsons Disease and spinal cord injured
  patients. The stroke and
• Parkinsons patients seem to particularly benefit
  from music therapy. In
• these patients, we notice that music therapy
  prompts motor responses
• otherwise difficult to elicit. Also, gait
  training with music therapy is beneficial
• to develop proper rhythm, cadence and increase
  step length.
• Music therapy is provided in group and individual
  settings. Speech,
• Occupational and Physical therapists often
  schedule co-treats with the
• music therapists to enlist their help in reaching
  the patients therapeutic
• goals. Our music therapists are vital members of
  the rehabilitation treatment

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TIRRThe Institute for Rehabilitation Research

• TIRR
• The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research
• 1333 Moursund, Houston, Texas 77030-3405
• In The Texas Medical Center
• Telephone [phone] (TDD)
• Fax [phone]
• February 21, 2006
• To whom it may concern,
• I am writing in support of Music Therapy as a
  component of care in the
• medical setting, based on our experience at TIRR
  as a specialized medical
• rehabilitation provider. The inpatient population
  at TIRR consists of people
• with the most severe catastrophic injuries and
  illnesses, many of whom are
• within only days of onset, as well as others who
  return for additional care
• over time. We have had Music Therapy at TIRR for
  many years, and have
• found that it has greatly benefited the physical,
  psychological, and emotional
• recovery of our patients. Our music therapists
  are vital members of the
• rehabilitation treatment team, and very often
  they work in conjunction with a
• colleague in another area, such as physical
  therapy, in order to maximize

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TIRRThe Institute for Rehabilitation Research

• TIRR
• 1333 Moursund
• Houston, Texas 77030-3405
• March 8, 2006
• To Whom It May Concern
• Subject Music Therapy in the Physical
  Rehabilitation setting.
• The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research
  (TIRR) is committed to
• excellence in the areas of patient care, clinical
  research, and cutting-edge
• treatments. Music therapy is an invaluable part
  of the interdisciplinary team
• on The Brain Injury and Stroke Program at TIRR.
  Music therapists have the
• unique ability to access untapped regions of
  the brain through music,
• musical instruments, and therapeutic song
  writing. Occupational therapy
• has found music therapy consistently able to use
  the rhythm and the beat of
• a song to
• facilitate initiation of motor recruitment,
• 2) facilitate increased coordination in patients
  with dyspraxia/incoordination,
• and increase sustained motor activation in the
  involved upper extremity. From a psychosocial
  perspective,
• Music therapy has the ability to
• increase motivation,

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Stonegate Senior Care

• March 13, 2006
• To Whom It May Concern
• After observing the dramatic effect that music
  therapy had
• on patients receiving therapy, I decided that
  music therapy
• would be beneficial to residents receiving
  therapy in our
• facilities. This program was added to one of the
  facilities
• that I supervise. One result was a more
  cooperative
• resident with a faster period of recovery. In
  addition to the
• use of music therapy in our rehabilitation
  department, we
• also included music therapy in our activity
  program. This
• has resulted in a fun, creative interaction in
  which residents
• not receiving therapy can enjoy music and
  actively
• participate in a socially and cognitively
  stimulating
• program. After experiencing the positive benefits
  of music
• therapy, we have included information about music
  therapy
• in our marketing packets. In fact, Stonegate
  Senior Care
• has initiated a wellness program in most of our
  facilities
• which includes music therapy as a component.
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