Use music for difficult situations

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• Put a resident’s playlist on in the background during personal care or medical procedures to alleviate stress

• Use music actively during difficult daily tasks through ‘caregiver singing’: well-known songs with improvised words relevant to the task in hand

• Put lively music on in the background or improvise a song to encourage residents to ‘get up and go’

• Use relaxing music to instil calm before and during mealtimes, at ‘sundowning’ and to help with sleep