​Therapeutic Music for Hospice, Hospitals, & Senior Care

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Live music can bring comfort, familiarity, and connection during some of life's most difficult moments.

Donna Hangen is a Certified Music Practitioner providing live, individualized therapeutic music for patients and families in hospice, hospital, palliative-care and senior-care settings.

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Based in Brookville, Ohio, Donna serves Dayton and surrounding Southwest Ohio communities. As a professional flutist with extensive performance experience, she brings a variety of beautiful instrumental music to the bedside, adapting the music to the needs and preferences of each individual.

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Interested in bringing therapeutic music to your patients or residents?

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​​​Who I Serve:​

Therapeutic Music for Healthcare & Senior Care

Dayton • Centerville • Englewood • Kettering • Beavercreek

• Troy • Springfield • surrounding Southwest Ohio

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Hospice

Individualized live music for patients and families during hospice care.

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Hospitals

Music provided at the bedside in appropriate healthcare settings.

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Palliative Care

Supportive live music for patients and families receiving palliative care.

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Nursing Homes & Assisted Living

Therapeutic music for residents, including individualized bedside music when appropriate.

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Memory Care

Music adapted to the needs and responses of individuals living with cognitive impairment.

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What Is a Certified Music Practitioner (CMP)?

 

A graduate of MHTP (Music for Healing and Transition Program) is called a Certified Music Practitioner (CMP®).  This specially-trained musician provides live acoustic music at bedside, one-on-one, for therapeutic purposes.  A CMP’s work is focused on the patient with the aim of bringing in-the-moment comfort to the patient’s whole being—emotional, spiritual, mental, and physiological—simply by having the patient be in the presence of the music.  A CMP uses only live music, and has no goal other than addressing a patient’s immediate needs to provide a healing environment.

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Unlike a music therapist, a CMP does not provide clinical music therapy. Instead, the CMP uses carefully selected live music to create a supportive environment for patients, families and caregivers.

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Donna provides individualized music based on the person's preferences, condition and environment.

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"Donna is able to notice and respond to changes in the patient, changing her music as she plays. She establishes trust with her patients through her gentle approach and reassuring smile.”—Janie Woods Alexander, MSN, RN, CMP

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​Why Choose Donna?

• Certified Music Practitioner

• Professional flutist with extensive performance experience

• Concert flute, piccolo, alto flute and bass flute

• Master's and bachelor's degrees in music

• Experience performing for senior-care communities

• Music selected and adapted for individual patients and settings

• Serving Dayton and Southwest Ohio​

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​  “This is the most relaxed I’ve felt since I was admitted to the hospital.”—Patient, UC Health, Cincinnati, Ohio

 

Interested in Therapeutic Music for your Patients or Residents?

Donna works with healthcare and senior-care organizations in Dayton and Southwest Ohio.

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I'd be happy to discuss your facility's needs, answer questions about CMP services, and talk about whether therapeutic music would be appropriate for your setting.​

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