Jacky wouldn’t speak, except for yes and no. She was sitting up in her hospital bed, coloring, when I first went in. Although she didn’t...

Mrs. Angleton was a new hospice patient. My music therapy colleague and I stood on her doorstep and introduced ourselves. “Come in,” she...

Paul was in his mid-40’s- living in a rehabilitation center after a motorcycle accident five years ago rendered him partially paralyzed...

The view was spectacular, the autumn sun spilling out over the rolling hills. “This is the home we always dreamed of,” sighed Mrs....

Jason didn’t look up from his iPad when I entered his room. His grandmother, working on a crossword puzzle, shrugged and said I could try...

Phoebe was four and was slowly gaining her strength back after a bone marrow transplant several months earlier. I’d gotten to know her...

Walker was one of our younger hospice patients. At 55, he had been stricken with ALS. I was referred to him by our social worker who knew...

Sarah is on hospice service with Alzheimer’s disease. She lives at home and is taken care of by her husband. He works so hard, and loves...

Jennifer is another patient on hospice service with advanced dementia. She lives at a care facility because it had become too difficult...

The field staff and family of Mr. Williams (name changed to protect privacy) are not sure how much he can hear. Mr. Williams has...

This week, I happened to go to visit Jean at the same time her daughter and son were visiting. We met outside and had a fine time making...

Children (and adults) on the autism spectrum may seem as if they are in their own world and either are not interested or unable to join...