Music contributes to better health:
- Reduces stress, pain and tension
- Boosts the immune system
- Improves sleep quality
Music delivers serotonin & endorphins:
- improve our concentration
- lowers blood pressure
- Reduces anxiety
Read about the Creative Expression room which enables patients to create music and/or art in a suitable environment that encourages creative thinking. Patients feel empowered to create their own forms of art
ICU-Hear is an initiative which offers live music to critically ill patients on the intensive care unit in hospital, provided by a charity group called Music in Hospitals and Care. The aim of this initiative is to provide a soothing, relaxing, calming and even uplifting atmosphere for patients who are critically ill in hospital. The music aims to make the critical care unit less clinical and provide a calming ambience for patients.