From the website:
Since 1974 the Connecticut Hospice has cared for patients and their families as their cope with a terminal diagnosis. Since 1980 the Connecticut Hospice Arts Program, the first of its kind in the United States, has been integral in enhancing the lives of patients and family members. Artists, musicians, poets, therapists and teachers facilitate creativity and emotional healing through the arts, both at our In-Patient Hospice Hospital, and in Home Care across the state.
Live music has always been an essential part of our program, and is offered almost daily, in one form or another, to our patients and families, staff and volunteers. Music not only has the power to provide distraction from physical pain and discomfort, but it also provides a means for relating to others, a basis for reminiscence and life review, enjoyment, emotional comfort, relief from anxiety, and release in the last hours of life.
Imagine a crazy quilt, lovingly stitched together, the fabric a myriad of shapes and textures. These disparate forms are unified by two things. First the imaginative paths of stitching in a kaleidoscope of colors. This is the music- many different styles and performers, but all having the ability to bind us together in a moment. The second is what lies underneath the quilt =E2EUR" the precious life being warmed and nurtured. It is the reason for the quilt=E2EURTMs creation.
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