What is music therapy?

• Facilities with specialized memory care programs

• Skilled Nursing Facilities

• Assisted Living Facilities

• Retirement Communities

• Adult day programs

• Senior centers

Music therapy is a practice in which music is used within a therapeutic relationship to address physical, emotional, cognitive, and social needs of individuals.

Treatment can include creating, singing, movement, or listening to music. Through musical involvement in a therapeutic context, clients' abilities are strengthened and transferred to other areas of their lives.

Who does Sunny Side Music Therapy serve?

We work with individuals and their caregivers at home who are:

• Receiving hospice care

• Experiencing dementia

SSMT collaborates with organizations to create music therapy programming that fits the needs of their residents or participants. We provide group and/or individual music therapy for those residing in or attending: