|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
1 Review
|
Average Customer Review
Share your thoughts with other customers
Create your own review
|
|
Most Helpful First | Newest First
|
|
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
an indispensable resource,
This review is from: Comfort Touch: Massage for the Elderly and the Ill (LWW In Touch Series) (Paperback)
For clients with serious illness for whom conventional massage can cause discomfort or even injury, Mary Kathleen Rose's Comfort Touch® approach offers a way of giving safe, effective and compassionate care in a variety of settings, including hospice, hospital, skilled nursing facility and at home. Comfort Touch is based on six guiding principles: slow rhythm; comfort from inner strength; respect for the client; connecting into the center; broad even pressure; and encompassing wholeness. The techniques are derived from Shiatsu and acupressure, minus the application of deep thumb or finger pressure that could be hurtful to these clients. In this book, you will find detailed information about the physical and emotional needs of elderly clients, as well as clients with chronic illness and/or injury. Chapters on how to position and bolster frail clients, how to document sessions, and how to develop a Comfort Touch program in a facility are included along with chapters on infection control, aromatherapy considerations and essential self-care. Online resources include video clips from Rose's (2004) Comfort Touch DVD, and a printable intake form and CARE Notes. This text is an indispensable resource for any therapist who wants to work with seriously ill and/or elderly clients. Reviewed by Lisa Mertz, PhD, LMT for Massage Therapy Journal (Spring 2010).
|
|
Most Helpful First | Newest First
|
|
Comfort Touch: Massage for the Elderly and the Ill (LWW In Touch Series) by Mary Kathleen Rose (Paperback - January 12, 2009)
$49.95 $36.27
In Stock | |
 
| ||
