The harp has been used for centuries to soothe, comfort and heal. HarpCare is delighted to apply the music of this ancient instrument to offer care and support to people suffering ill health, frontline healthcare workers or people struggling to cope with life’s challenges.
Evidence based research has shown that music as a complementary modality is not only good for our health but can promote feelings of wellbeing. Music can provide a variety of touchstones for social, physical, emotional, spiritual and psychological health.
“Dear Alison, thank you very much for coming and playing the harp for our patients in the special care unit. The feedback I received was extremely positive. The staff caring for the patients said that when you played, all the patients were quiet and calm and very happy to listen and enjoy. They said they were mesmerised.
Additionally, one of the patients who has particularly challenging behaviours was commenting after you left that the music was “amazing” and “beautiful” and asked where you had gone – they were keen to listen to more music!”
Therapeutic Harp can:
- Uplift, energise and provide joy
- Promote a sense of relaxation and elevate mood
- Encourage mindfulness, stillness and contemplation
- Reduce isolation and provide social connection
- Allows for rest, refreshment and renewal
- Assist with transition at end of life
- Cultivate and promote a quiet space where sleep and deep rest can occur
- Provide distraction and motivation
- Provide a welcoming and calm space within all hospital and community areas
- Augment pain medication and assist in pain management
- Encourage reminiscence, assist mental clarity and stimulate memory
- Reduce stress as the body relaxes and breathing settles and deepens
- Relax patients prior to surgery and ease stress post surgery
- Regulate heart rate, blood pressure and stimulate immune function
- May assist nausea, fatigue, depression and anxiety
- Change the soundscape of a busy healthcare facility
- Enhance the experience of a patients hospital stay
