BIO
Bev Foster is the founder and executive director of the Room 217 Foundation, a Canadian health arts social enterprise that uses music to improve the care experience. The goal of Room 217’s innovative care approach is to make music more integrated in care settings and personal care plans. A Community Research Fellow of the Laurier Centre for Music in the Community, Bev speaks and writes on the power of music, especially in life limiting situations. Her passion for music enhancing quality of life and care is contagious.
Bev Foster
Using Songs to Express Hope in Care
Hope is a universal human experience that every generation has sought to find because loss, suffering, fear and pain are part of the human condition. We talk about looking for hope, recovering hope, preserving hope, finding hope, resilient hope, maintaining hope…
Hope is one of those four letter words, say like love, that has a broad meaning. In this workshop, Bev will explore our understanding of hope from philosophy, psychology and theology looking specifically in three care context areas: palliative care, mental health and spiritual well-being. Bev will weave in some of her original songs from her new album, Hope Seeds, as her personal expression of cultivating hope.