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WHAT IS
COMPASSIONATE TOUCH
for Those in Later Life Stages™?
Care with
Compassion® integrates three gentle alternative
therapies and is designed to bring enormous benefits of
touch, communication, and interaction to those who need
it most: the elderly, the ill, and the dying. This
system has been shown to enhance the patient’s quality
of life: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual
well-being. The advantages of COMPASSIONATE TOUCH for Those in Later Life Stages™
extend to families as well as facilities. The program,
which includes Reiki, COMPASSIONATE TOUCH for Those in Later Life Stages™ and
specialized Music Therapy, can be easily adapted to fit
individual needs.
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"The
therapies have definite psychosocial
benefits for the patients, affecting their
overall happiness, state of mind,
depression, and how they cope with
things." -Gopen,
physical therapist |
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Three gentle alternative
therapies integrated into a
system of beneficial care
for nursing home patients.
Allow me to
serve your elderly, your ill, and your dying... by
bringing peace, honor & love...through
COMPASSIONATE TOUCH
for Those in
Later Life Stages™,
Reiki, and Specialized
Music
Therapy. |
The extraordinary medical
advances of the past century have markedly reduced
infant mortality, conquered a host of once-fatal
diseases, and added nearly 30 years to the lifespan of
the average American. In focusing on a narrowly
conceived notion of “health”, however, we have often
failed to consider the quality of our longer lives, as
increasing numbers of our senior citizens, physically or
mentally unable to care for themselves, enter a variety
of settings circumscribed by age: retirement
communities, assisted-living facilities, rehabilitation
centers, and nursing homes. Moreover, longevity depends
clearly on a sense of well-being: innumerable studies
demonstrate the positive effects of happiness and social
interaction on all aspects of physical health. Sensory
activation in particular offers tangible and intangible
benefits for the health and quality of life of our
seniors, as the sense of isolation often engendered by
institutional living takes a heavy toll on residents’
vigor and contentment.
Touch is perhaps the most
intimate and powerful means of communication,
fundamental to life and our healing. Having a loved one
enter a nursing facility is a major adjustment for all
involved since even the daily routine and settings are
foreign to what the resident has been accustomed. Using
touch and physical closeness may serve as an important
means of communicating with the acutely ill and aged
persons reassuring their importance as human beings and
minimizing transitions.
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