Personalized for Every Patient
Every patient has a unique story. Every complementary therapy is tailored to each person's needs and goals, creating meaningful moments along the way.
Complementary Therapies
Care for everything medicine cannot reach
Pain can be managed and symptoms can be eased, but comfort at the end of life is about more than the body. Through music, gentle touch, immersive experiences, beloved pets, and lasting keepsakes, Treasure Coast Hospice cares for the whole person, bringing moments of joy, peace, and connection to patients and families.
Care That Nurtures the Whole Person
Complementary therapies & programs help turn the gift of time into moments that matter most.
Once a patient is comfortable — the pain is managed, the medications are settled, and the equipment is in place — a different question opens up: what would make this time meaningful? That is where complementary therapies begin.
These are not extras tacked onto medical care. They are a core part of how we care for the whole person: the music that brings a memory back, the experience that lifts someone out of a hospital bed and onto a beach, the pet that never leaves their side, the recording a family will keep forever.
Comfort Beyond Clinical Care
More than medical care, our therapies create moments of peace, comfort, and connection for patients and families.
A Gift Made Possible
These therapies are made possible through the support of generous donors, ensuring patients can experience care that goes beyond medicine.
Ways we bring comfort beyond medicine.
When a need is identified by the care team, complementary therapies may be included to enhance comfort and quality of life.
Music Therapy
Board-certified music therapists use live bedside music, song, and life review to ease anxiety, lessen pain, spark memory, and reopen connection — sometimes reaching patients who can no longer reach anyone else.
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Massage Therapy
Gentle therapeutic touch and calming essential oils relieve tension, reduce anxiety, and bring physical comfort to patients and the families caring for them.
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Virtual Reality
Immersive journeys let a patient swim with dolphins, walk the streets of a city they love, or simply return home — bringing the world to the bedside when travel is no longer possible.
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Personalized Care. Lasting Impact.
Perry Morris, MT-BC, Music TherapistMusic therapy addresses every part of a person. When our patients hear familiar music, it's like reconnecting with an old friend they haven't seen in a long time.
How to bring these therapies into your loved one's care.
If your loved one is already receiving care from Treasure Coast Hospice, ask any member of the care team about complementary therapies. If you are exploring hospice for the first time, the conversation starts the same way it always does: with a phone call. Our team will help you understand what care could look like, and how these therapies fit into it.
Call or ask your care team
Reach out any time, or mention complementary therapies to a member of your loved one's care team.
Share what matters
Tell us what your loved one loves: a kind of music, a place they'd visit again, a pet they worry about, a message they want to leave behind.
We build it into the care plan
The team matches the right therapies and the right people — therapists and trained volunteers — to your loved one.
Comfort begins
Visits are scheduled around your loved one's energy and wishes, and continue for as long as they bring comfort.
Let's find the comfort that matters most to your family.
Our team is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Whether your loved one is already in our care or you are just beginning to ask questions, we are here to help you find the moments that matter.