Family-oriented care model
Residents of Rose manor nursing home are surrounded by staff who provide family-oriented care model designed to meet the spiritual, emotional, and physical needs. During my work as a CNA, I noticed that the patients’ mood was at times, depressing. For the love and experience I had in music, I often volunteered to play the piano for patients sharing the positivity that came along with it. Music brightened their mood as they got to laugh, clap, and sing along. As the saying goes, “laughter is the best medicine,” the patients’ quality of life and way to recovery drastically improved. This experience displayed the importance of incorporating complementary and alternative therapy into medicine.