In Rehabilitation Settings
The patient — who might be the victim of a stroke, or may have suffered a traumatic brain or spinal cord injury, or may have just had a joint replacement — finds themselves in a situation they could not have predicted nor yet be fully aware of. Life has changed, and the patient, as well as the family, struggle to come to grips with a new reality.
Rehabilitation Hospitals are not only life-savers; they are life-changers. Their staff, more aware of what lies ahead than the patient or family, has the task of not only walking patients through an arduous process of healing into a new life, but of inspiring and motivating patients to become involved, and embrace the struggle that is in front of them.
Unlike the acute care facility or hospice, Rehabilitation hospitals have a process, but hardly an outcome to promise. It is the patient and family, their actions, attitudes, knowledge, and ability to dramatically adjust their relationships and ways of being in the world that are the determining factors for how life is.
For the rehabilitation patient, The C.A.R.E. Channel offers a view of a world that predates their health crisis and will outlive it. The stunning views of nature and other natural wonders can take the patient away from the immediate crisis back to what is possible. Even for the patient who can, for the moment, only blink his or her eyes, the magic of flowers, mountains and oceans are available and accessible. And when the nights seem much too lonely and long, a patient can rest to soothing music and watch a night sky from their beds that they cannot see from their window.
You can find a partial bibliography of recent studies relevant to hospital noise, the use of music, healing environments, and pain management in our topical bibliography.
In addition to rehabilitation, The C.A.R.E. Channel is effective in a variety of healthcare settings:
