{"id":262562,"date":"2024-02-27T10:52:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T10:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonya-lodge.nellsar.com\/?p=262562"},"modified":"2024-02-27T10:52:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T10:52:06","slug":"introducing-music-therapy-at-sonya-lodge-residential-care-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonya-lodge.nellsar.com\/introducing-music-therapy-at-sonya-lodge-residential-care-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Music Therapy at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Here at Sonya Lodge Residential Care Home we have recently started something new \u2013 Music Therapy!<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Every Friday we have <strong>Grace, a Music Therapist<\/strong>, come and spend the day with us. Grace has a wide range of instruments including a <strong>keyboard, banjos, tambourines, flute, recorder<\/strong> and more!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Grace spends the morning doing group work and then the afternoon doing one-to-one sessions with our residents. Music Therapy is <strong>great for confidence<\/strong>; it encourages people to get involved and Grace is very engaging, including everyone at some point during the day. She takes music requests too which our residents love!<\/p>\n<p>This time, <strong>Ellen requested<\/strong> &#8216;<em>The Fields of Athenry<\/em>&#8216; by The Dubliners. We played the song and as <strong>Ellen sang along<\/strong> to it, Grace played instruments along with the song! 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