Music and memory certification

Cost: $500-1250 ( sliding scale based on the number of individuals served by the organization )

• Music & Memory membership for one year, including one year of unlimited training and support;
• Training for an unlimited number of staff and volunteers;
• Dedicated phone/email/Zoom support;
• Monthly support webinars
• Support includes additional focus training, such as tablet training, technical device training, and working with people who have hearing impairment;
• Guidance on choosing the right equipment. Equipment is not included but discounts available on some equipment.

To speak with a representative, please email info@musicandmemory.org , or click here to book an appointment. For more details on our training, download our training guide.

Music & Memory’s personalized music program has been field-tested in thousands of care settings throughout the US and around the world. As a MUSIC & MEMORY® Certified Care Organization, you will benefit from best practices training, peer-to-peer advice and support, and a wealth of resources — from policies and procedures to evaluation tools and forms.

You’ll learn how to . . .

• Introduce Music & Memory to those in your care and their families;
• Choose the right equipment for your participants;
• Develop personalized playlists for each individual participant;
• Manage equipment security and hygiene;
• Scale your program across your organization;
• Create quality initiatives based on personalized music;
• Use assessment tools to improve your program;
• Build a community constituency that supports your efforts and helps you to grow your program.

And that’s just for starters! As a member of our Music & Memory Care Community, you’ll have access to all the latest training programs, research, tracking tools, marketing materials and more.

"Despite the enormous sums of money spent on mood- and behavior-altering medications that are often not particularly effective, nothing compares to personalized music when it comes to improving quality of life."

- Tony Lewis, Former President and CEO, Cobble Hill LifeCare, Brooklyn, NY

Enrollment

MUSIC & MEMORY® Certification Training consists of two 60-minute webinars, offered live or on demand, and is designed to teach organizations how to first pilot Music & Memory, then scale their program to be organization wide, serving a large number of individuals. Following the training, certifying organizations benefit from a full year of access to unlimited staff training, resources and support as part of their membership.

Pricing

Training costs are a sliding scale based on the total number of residents/clients served by the organization (for-profit or non-profit):

51 or more: $1,250
36-50: $800
21-35: $650
9-20: $600
8 or fewer: $500

In residential settings, the number of residents/clients served is often referred to as the “number of beds”. For organizations with multiple sites, serving 51 or more residents/clients, each additional site is $800. Hospital pricing is $800 per department.

Renewing Membership

Music & Memory membership includes an array of resources and support designed to help your program sustain in the long term. The first year of resources and support is included in the certification fee. After that, an organization pays $200 annually to continue accessing Music & Memory services, these include:

• One year of unlimited training and support;
• Training for an unlimited number of staff and volunteers;
• Dedicated phone/email/Zoom support;
• Monthly support webinars
• Support includes additional focus training, such as tablet training, technical device training, and working with people who have hearing impairment;
• Guidance on choosing the right equipment. Discounts available on some equipment.

All of the above resources help to sustain a program in the long run. Staff come and go, but a Music & Memory program can sustain for years by continually sending new staff for certification training.

Annual renewal fee for hospitals is $200 per department.

Program Equipment Costs

Equipment is not provided by Music & Memory. Equipment costs vary depending on the size of the organization and method of delivery. Equipment recommendations are offered during certification training. As a general guideline for assembling an equipment budget, we recommend a five-person pilot in the first six months of operation, budgeting about $50-100 per person for music players, headphones, and starter music.

Discounted Equipment

During certification training, organizations are offered the opportunity to purchase headphones and some equipment at a discount through a partnering vendor.

Discounted equipment is not available outside the United States and Canada.