{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 4: Hospice and Hymns","description":"Many people believe that hospice is about helping someone die. Hospice care providers will tell you that it is actually about helping someone live. Music therapy provides hospice patients and their families with social, spiritual, and emotional support and has been proven to help decrease pain perception. Listen to music therapist, Meredith Ferrel\u2019s home visit with Albert, a hospice patient with lymphoma, and to the music they create together. Produced and Edited by Lisa M. Gray Produced by Jon Kalish Additional Production by Kevin Huffman and Ang Santos Music by Eyal Talmudi Quintet, Jessica Lurie, John Lee, and Koby Israelite. Courtesy of Chant Records. Albert Young Toby Weiss, Director of Cultural Sensitivity and Jewish Programming for MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care Charla Burton, MMT, LCAT, MT-BC Music Therapist, Creative Arts Therapy Program MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care Meredith Ferrel, MA, LCAT, MT-BC Music Therapist, Creative Arts Therapy Program MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care Additional Information and Resources: Bringing Joy and Therapy to Hospice Patients Through Jewish Music , JTA.com 9 Tips for Visiting Someone in Hospice, Kveller.com The Surprising Thing That Helped My Mom Live Longer Than Anyone Thought She Would, Kveller.com Judaism, Hospice & Palliative Care: Questions & Answers, MyJewishlearning.com ","author_name":"A Good End","author_url":"http:\/\/agoodendpodcast.com","html":"