Creating Calm Through Music Supporting Stress Relief in Healthcare Settings

Stress is common in healthcare settings—for patients, families, and staff alike. From the moment someone enters a hospital or transitions into a care community, uncertainty, overstimulation, and emotional strain can take a toll.

That’s why more providers are turning to a simple but powerful solution: therapeutic music.

Understanding Stress in Healthcare

Whether in a hospital bed or a memory care room, many individuals experience:

• Heightened anxiety and fear
  
• Sensory overload from noise and unfamiliar routines
  
• Isolation and disorientation
  
• Sleep disturbances and increased agitation
  
  

Left unaddressed, this stress can negatively impact healing, cooperation with care plans, and overall well-being.

Music as a Tool for Emotional Support

Sound is one of the most accessible and effective ways to change the atmosphere of a space, and how people feel within it.

Therapeutic music helps:

• Lower heart rate and blood pressure
  
• Reduce cortisol (stress hormone) levels
  
• Promote a sense of calm and safety
  
• Create familiar, comforting environments, even in sterile or clinical spaces

How Coro Health Supports Stress Relief Across Care Settings

Coro Health’s MusicFirst platform is designed specifically for healthcare environments. With original-artist, fully licensed therapeutic playlists, MusicFirst helps care teams create calming soundscapes that ease stress for both patients and staff.

In hospital rooms, long-term care communities, and hospice settings, MusicFirst is used in a variety of ways. It soothes agitation in dementia care, helps reduce anxiety before medical procedures, and eases transitions during shift changes, mealtimes, and bedtime routines. It also supports relaxation and recovery in post-acute care, providing comfort when it’s most needed.

Music That Meets the Moment

Coro Health offers playlists thoughtfully tailored to emotional states, spiritual preferences, and the rhythms of daily routines. Some playlists energize mornings with gentle motivation, while others provide calm during evening hours, especially helpful for sundowning or sleep preparation. 

There are spiritual soundscapes for moments of reflection, and familiar classics designed to reconnect individuals with memory and identity.

Because MusicFirst is accessible on TVs, tablets, and mobile devices, caregivers can offer meaningful, personalized support quickly and easily, anytime, anywhere.

Simple, Scalable, and Impactful

In a world where stress is a daily part of care delivery, music provides a gentle way to restore balance.

Whether you’re a nurse, activity director, or chaplain, therapeutic music can help you create spaces that heal, not just physically, but emotionally.