I was astounded by the response. Everyone wanted to describe how music made caregiving easier.... or how the silencing of it was necessary.
Bob Harrison blogs for The Caregiver Space about his years caring for his adored wife, Annie. I was so touch when he told me that the day Annie was diagnosed with cancer was the day that for him, the music died. But he has songs of grieving on Annie's beautiful memorial page.
Terena, a member of The Caregivers' Living Facebook page said this: "I have a " theme songs" playlist I play when feeling overwhelmed. Moby's "We are all Stars" and George Michael's, "Freedom" are two faves. And when I'm really stressed out I play "Tightrope" by Janelle Monae." (I love Terena's taste in music!)
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Lara cares for her son who requires complex care. She's got a 'Battle Playlist' for days when she's fighting for services or funding. Songs like Brave by Sara Bareilles, Fight Song by Rachel Platten and I Won't Back Down by Tom Petty are highlights.
And lots of research shows that music aids in healing - in one scene of “Alive Inside” (2014), a documentary film about care and music, a nursing home care worker offers headphones to a wheelchair-bound man named Henry. When Cab Calloway's voice wakes Henry, he comes alive. This extraordinary moment from the film is available on YouTube, and has been viewed more than 2m times to date.
So with this potent evidence of music's power to uplift, heal and speak our emotions, here's a playlist for natural caregiving that's on my phone and I'd like to share with you. We need the healing power of music too!
1) Breakfast Can Wait by Prince
2)
I’ll Be There by The Jackson Five
3)
God Only Knows by The Beach Boys
4)
Lean on Me by Bill Withers
5)
You’ve Got a Friend by James Taylor
6)
It May be winter outside (butin my heart it’s spring) by Love Unlimited
7) Piece of My Heart by Janis Joplin
8) Roar by Katy Perry
9) I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor
10) Uptown Funk by Mark Ronson and Bruno Mars
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