Hospice-Based Massage

10 Hour CE Course

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Description

As more people reach beyond conventional medicine for healing, massage and bodywork practitioners are being invited to aid and comfort dying persons and those who care for them. In this profoundly intimate course, internationally acclaimed practitioner Irene Smith shares openly about the multidimensional challenges and personal healing nature of this work. The textbook, 2 CDs and DVD in this course clearly present Irene’s practical and philosophical framework developed from 25 years’ experience. This course is for any massage therapist or bodyworker who is considering working with dying persons. It will inspire you and prepare you to work with a mentor, if necessary, to learn new hands-on skills. This course does not teach hands-on skills. Please seek additional experience, with a mentor, to add hands-on skills. Back to top Enroll Now

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Content Outline

An Introduction to the Business of Dying	1 hour
Hospice Care Model
The Dying Experience
Death Awareness Exercise
What Is and Why Touch	1 hour
Touch with Intention: Interview with Janice Kashubi
Precautions and Guidelines	1 hour
Standard Precautions for Hands-On Practitioners
Bed Sores/Pressure Sores/Decubiti
Communicating with Persons with Dementia and Related Symptoms
Quality Assurance	2 hours
Gathering Information; Intake and Assessment
Assessing Treatment Choices
Giving Information/Reporting
Everflowing Session Referral Form for Facility Care
Everflowing Report Form
Creating a Safe Container for the Touch Relationship with a Dying Person	0.5 hour
Touch Is a Multidimensional Relationship
The Everflowing Touch Session	0.5 hour
Working in a Client's Home	0.5 hour
The Emotional Impact of Working with the Dying	0.5 hour
References and Resources
2 CDs and a DVD	2 hours
Open-book Test and Course Evaluation	1 hour

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Testimonials

Great Course!! Very helpful.

Jodi Eaton, CMT Golden, CO.

This is an EXCELLENT course. Even though I work in the area of death and dying as a nurse and a massage therapist, and I have taught workshops on touch for the dying, I gained very valuable information and had many things validated for me in a refreshingly new way. Thank you Irene!!!

A. Kline, LMT

I have volunteered in hospice doing massage and found it emotional yet very rewarding so this course will only enhance what I have learned in the past. Thank you.

D. Shilling, LMT

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Learning Objectives

Identify the most important self-care elements for the touch practitioner in hospice care.
Describe the most important elements for ill or dying clients to receive a safe, comforting touch experience in hospice care.
Describe the importance of confidentiality and building trust in hospice care relationships.
List and explain the emotional challenges of working with the dying and the recommended methods of self-care for the practitioner.

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Sample Text

from Providing Massage in Hospice Care (2008), by Irene Smith, page 23:

Thorough coordination and information is required to provide a touch session that is physically and emotionally safe for the client and physically, emotionally and professionally safe for the practitioner. Constant communication in the form of gathering information (intake), choosing a treatment strategy (assessment), giving information (what we do, what we need, and setting boundaries), and summarizing client’s response to treatment (reporting) is required for quality assurance. When I look back over the years, there are many stories of dysfunction and discomfort that resulted from my lack of knowledge in giving, gathering and reporting information. Gathering information is the first step in assessing treatment choices.

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