Music programming residents actually attend — and families notice.
Live, accessible group music programming across memory care, assisted living, and independent living. Built for residents at every ability level — and operators at every portfolio size.
What kind of operator are you?
Tap one to start a scoping conversation tailored to your portfolio.
What music does for residents
Cognitive engagement
Rhythm and familiar songs activate parts of the brain that remain accessible long after other recall fades.
Emotional well-being
Music regulates mood and reduces agitation — the difference between a hard afternoon and a peaceful one.
Social connection
Group sessions pull residents out of their rooms and into a shared moment with neighbors and staff.
Family-visible programming
It's the program families ask about. The moments they take videos of and share with siblings.
Three program formats
Memory Care · 45 min
Shorter sessions tuned for shorter attention spans, familiar songs, sensory-rich instruments. Defaults to Maestro-tier JAM Masters and above.
Assisted Living · 60 min
Standard session that doubles as social hour. Accessible for mixed ability levels.
Independent Living · 90 min
Longer sessions for active residents who want a real creative outlet, not background music.
Every JAM Master is vetted before they're in front of your residents.
Senior care vendors get scrutinized — by state surveyors, by Executive Directors, and by families. Our standard is built for that scrutiny.
- National background check on every JAM Master before activation. State-specific checks (LiveScan in CA, others) where required.
- CPR Certified — all JAM Masters.
- Safety, boundary-management & de-escalation training.
- Clinical credentials on the bench: master's-level Clinical & Counseling Psychology (Pepperdine, others).
- Music industry depth — JAM Masters have toured/performed with Korn, HED PE, Turkuaz, and others.
- Insurance & COI on file; downloadable from the portal.
- Dementia & memory-care training — every JAM Master assigned to memory care.
- JAM Masters matched to each group and setting.
Memory care assignments default to Maestro tier and above.
Your Activities Director, ED, and Regional VP all have one place to manage BandJAM.
One portal across every community, every JAM Master, and every state survey kit.
- JAM Master profiles — bios, certifications, photos.
- Upcoming sessions calendar — multi-team or multi-community view depending on tier.
- Session library — every recording, photo, and video highlight. Session reporting (AI-powered analytics rolling out 2026).
- Documentation library — COI, BAA, SOC 2 evidence, background-check attestations.
- Resident engagement — participation rates and family-visible highlights.
- Integration outputs — LifeLoop / Caremerge / Cubigo at Portfolio and above.
BandJAM isn't a music therapist, an app, or a tablet platform.
Music therapy (MT-BC) is clinical 1:1 work by a licensed individual — valuable, but unscalable across multiple communities. Apps like SingFit depend on your activities staff to facilitate. Tablet platforms like LifeLoop deliver content, not live programming. BandJAM is the live, vetted, professionally facilitated group music program that runs on top of all of those. We complement; we don't replace.
"What chain operators are actually buying isn't a music program. It's a credentialed, vetted vendor that can show up the same way across two hundred communities — with impact reporting rolling out in 2026 to back it. That's the difference between a service and a platform — and BandJAM is building the latter."— Dr. Tobias Moeller-Bertram, M.D., Ph.D., MAS · Strategic Medical & Research Advisor
Credentialed: every BandJAM session is led by a vetted JAM Master — national background check, CPR certification, safety and de-escalation training, and clinical credentials on the bench (master's-level clinical and behavioral-health credentials on the bench), advanced through BandJAM's four-tier certification (Certified → Virtuoso → Maestro → Icon).
We quote it to your portfolio.
Per-community economics improve with scale. We'll quote it after a 20-minute scoping call across your cadence, formats, and footprint.
Request a quotePortfolio tiers
What's included scales with your footprint. Pricing is shared in your proposal.
Solo Community
- Weekly or biweekly cadence
- JAM Master continuity
- Sanitizable instruments
- Activity documentation
- Memory-care 45-min option
Regional
- Shared program manager
- Multi-community calendar
- Consolidated reporting
- Setup fee waived
- State survey kit
Portfolio
- Dedicated CSM
- LifeLoop / Caremerge / Cubigo integration included
- Quarterly executive readout
- Setup fee waived
- Multi-state operations support
Enterprise Chain
- Custom national rollout
- Procurement & DPA support
- Family communication integrations
- Multi-region facilitator network
- SLA & multi-year discounts
Per-session pricing for pilots, family days, and holiday events is available — request a quote.
Your community's first 60-minute session is offered as a Taster Session — available once per community. We share pricing when we quote your program.
Request a Taster SessionIntegration with engagement platforms is included at the Portfolio tier and above.
Built for senior living
- All ability levels — seated, mobility-assisted, memory care
- Sanitizable instruments — wiped between sessions
- Activity & state survey documentation
- Family-friendly formats welcome
Setup, travel, notes, and multi-location adjustments are quoted in your proposal.
Frequently asked questions
Treatment facility, recovery nonprofit, or state-funded program? You may qualify for donor-funded sessions through Rock to Recovery, our sister 501(c)(3). Learn about the program
Bring BandJAM to your community.
Start with a Taster Session, then build it into your weekly programming.