Detailing the power of touch in caregiving, this book offers readers a way of relating to the elderly and the ill through gentle, age-appropriate massage, and sensitive physical contact. It expands the possible applications of touch and highlights both the importance and the efficancy of incorporating compassionte touch into care plans for the frail elderly and the ill, providing a much needed counterpoint to the medical model of care.
Dawn Nelson, M.F.A., C.M.T., Founder of COMPASSIONATE TOUCH for Those in Later Life StagesTM, was a teacher and professional practitioner of massage as a healing art for over twenty years before becoming a pioneer in the effort to utilize age-appropriate massage and skilled touch in care plans for nursing home residents hospice patients and those living with Alzheimer's and other dementia related diseases. An internationally recognized speaker, author and touch educator, and co-producer of several award-winning videos, Dawn's third book, From the Heart Through the Hands: The Power of Touch in Caregiving (Findhorn Press Inc., 2001; 2006; 2009) was hailed by Dr. Bernie Siegel as "a treasure that every caregiver and health professional should read." Dawn is also the author of Making Friends with Cancer, written after her personal experience with ovarian cancer in 1999 and Compassionate Touch: Hands-on Caregiving for the Elderly, the Ill and the Dying which a fellow author proclaimed had "the tools for revolutionizing geriatric care and utterly transforming the experience of aging." She can be reached through her website: fromtheheart-hands.com.
