Asheville, NC

Clients Served
Setting(s): Hospice, Other: Bereavement counseling
Population(s): AIDS, Cancer, Elderly persons, Terminally ill
Age Range: Infant-old adult

Facility Characteristics
Hospice has three programs-Home Care, Inpatient Facility, and Bereavement Program. Current census is approximately 100 active cases and well over 1,000 clients with various services in the Bereavement Program. Each grief counselor has a current caseload of about 10-15 clients. The inpatient facility houses 24 beds with three pediatric beds. Active cases receive medical services for their terminal conditions with staff support for clients and their families through the death process. The bereavement program continues care to family members if so desired, through individual, group and occasional phone contact.

Training
Interns will be working with the terminally ill and with family members after the death to get a broad perspective of the death and dying process and hospice continuum of care. It is a unique opportunity for individuals to create their own music therapy program with emphasis in the area most appealing to them. It is necessary that the intern be able to accompany themselves on a portable accompaniment instrument as singing is a heavily utilized intervention.

Essentials
Starting Months: January, April, July, October
Housing: Nominal fee for arrangements
Meals: Free lunch
Stipend: $2,000.00

Clinical Training Director
CarePartners Hospice
Lauren Dimaio, MM, MT-BC
P.O. Box 16
Asheville, NC 28802
Phone: (828) 251-0126
Fax: (828) 285-9798

Record last modified: October 7, 2007