Service evaluation: rehabilitation for older stroke patients

The author was employed to evaluate the potential for music therapy in an elderly rehabilitation and continuing care service. She was required to review current service provision, provide recommendations for a future service and to contribute to the development of an innovative music therapy service. This paper describes the six-month evaluation of the music therapy service provided for this client group. The evaluation specifically included carrying out a survey of past and present music therapy service users, to expand the current service, carrying out a pilot clinical work to patients on two wards and to produce a report at the end of the six-month period with recommendations for future service provision.