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become a MusikSpitex partner.
Music can help reduce stress and process emotions and difficult moments. Through music we revive memories, fight loneliness and contribute to social inclusion.
The visits and concerts provided by MusikSpitex musicians also offers relatives and nursing staff a break.
In palliative situations, people often have special wishes or need special care. Music can also be integrated into everyday care and make processes gentler.
What is personal or biographical music?
Your music is our music. We ask about your personal music preferences – it could be a children's song, a classical piece or simply a pop song.
This is what we call personal or biographical music. It refers to songs and sounds that are linked to personal memories and experiences - and are played for precisely this reason.
At MusikSpitex we play exactly the music from the listeners’ lives,
to create a deeper connection and evoke memories.
If a person is no longer able to speak, we ask the relatives for personal music. Especially for people with dementia, personal and biographical music can open a window to the past.
All MusikSpitex musicians and staff receive specialised training sessions to give them the tools they need to respond to the emotional, social and health needs of people in care during concerts.
Contents covered in training are such as music in care, palliative care, psychological and medical first aid. At MusikSpitex, we place great value in interpersonal skills that make every visit a special experience.
MusikSpitex would like to thank the foundations whose generous support enables us to bring music to people in need of care.
Thanks to your support, we can continue to bring joy, comfort and a feeling of community into the homes and care rooms of people. Your commitment makes our work possible - on behalf of everyone who is touched by our concerts, we say: Thank you!
MusikSpitex is actively dedicated to researching the field of music and health, music and dementia, and music in palliative care. Through our work and the situations we encounter every day at concerts, we want to advance this important field of research and promote understanding of the positive effects of music in care.
We offer private and public lectures for care institutions, educational establishments and businesses, in which we share our knowledge and experiences. We also conduct training courses for care staff to convey the use of music in care in a practical way and to enrich the everyday lives of people in care who need it most.