Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing: Caregiver Rx Report
The Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing (CISP) and the Canadian Red Cross present The Caregiver RX Initiative, published in June 2026.
Resources
Why Music Moves Us: With application to dementia (Dr. Lee Bartel, University of Toronto, Music Care Conference 2025)
Dr. Lee Bartel on impact of music on dementia from the Music Care Conference 2025. Access slides and watch his interview on The Agenda with Steve Paikin.
Resource: Community Asset Mapping for Social Prescribing in Peel (Kobisha Rajeswaran)
This findings report is a part of the research project: “Community Asset Mapping for Social Prescribing in Peel”.
Resource: Craft Psychology: How crafting promotes health, Book (Dr Anne Kirketerp)
‘Craft Psychology’ by Dr. Anne Kirketerp explains the science and psychology behind crafting and its effects on health and wellbeing.
Resource: Group drumming as a burnout prevention initiative among staff members at a child and adolescent mental health care facility (South African Journal of Psychology)
The research concludes that drumming and recreational music-making groups may represent a potentially powerful and cost-effective burnout reduction strategy, particularly within the context of public mental health in South Africa.
Resource: Recreational Music-Making: A Cost-Effective Group Interdisciplinary Strategy for Reducing Burnout and Improving Mood States in Long-Term Care Workers (Advances)
Research that concludes Recreation Music-Making reduces burnout and mood dimensions, as well as TMD, in long-term
care workers.
Resource: Group drumming and well-being: A promising self-care strategy for social workers (Arts & Health)
Research that concludes recreational drumming is a promising group-oriented self-care strategy among social workers, who often hold high-stress occupations.
Resource: Comfort Sound Drumming: Successfully adapting the traditional drum circle for hospitalized cancer patients and their caregivers (John R. Beck)
The article discusses the use of interactive group drumming among hospitalized cancer patients, specifically hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients, and the positive impact this approach has had on patients as shown in a pilot study conducted in Wake-Forest Baptise Medical Center in North Carolina.
Resource: The effects of group improvisational music therapy on depression in adolescents and adults with substance abuse: a randomized controlled trial (Nordic Journal of Music Therapy)
Research on the effect of group improvisational music therapy on depression in adolescents and adults with substance abuse.
Resource: Therapeutic Potential of a Drum and Dance Ceremony Based on the African Ngoma Tradition (Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine)
Research on the benefits of drum and dance ceremonies based in the African Ngoma Tradition.