Compassionate Touch: Massage in Eldercare and Hospice

SUBJECT:
Compassionate Touch Level 1

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
CE Credit: 20 contact hours
Compassionate Touch: Massage in Eldercare and Hospice
Location:
Summers Landing Tilly Mill
4821 N. Peachtree Rd
Dunwoody, GA 30338

Do you want to work with elders but don’t know where to start? Are you caring for someone living with the effects of aging or illness? Gain the special skills you need to share the gift of your touch with confidence.
Compassionate Touch® is a complementary approach for those in elder care, home care or hospice combining focused touch and sensitive massage with specialized communication skills. More than a set of techniques, it’s a way of relating that gives you the opportunity to con¬tribute to the quality of life of another in a way that is both simple...and profound.
This training is held in an elder care facility, giving you hands-on experience.

In this workshop, you will:
Learn and Apply:
• Compassionate Touch® key concepts
• Unique needs of elders in long term care
• Focused touch and sensitive massage techniques
• Compassionate presence
• Comfort positioning for massaging someone in a wheelchair or bed
• Holistic benefits of Compassionate Touch® for frail individuals
• Safety guidelines and precautions
• Communication skills related to a variety of speech and language impairments
• How to initiate and carry out a touch session
• Basic application of Compassionate Touch® in dementia care
Experience:
• Compassionate Touch® sessions with elders in facility care
• A tool for relating to people in a deeply meaningful way
• Profound mutual benefits of skilled touch
Gain:
• Awareness of your ability to be a compassionate presence
• Confidence in your skills
• Eligibility to become a Certified Compassionate Touch® Practitioner

http://www.compassionate-touch.org/.

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:
Larry Self, LMT, has extensive experience as a licensed massage therapist, teacher, continuing education instructor, poet, artist, and freelance writer. He serves as a Certified Instructor/Practitioner for Level I Workshops for the Center for Compassionate Touch LLC, to train and enable practitioners to work with elders in long term care and those in the later life stages of hospice care. He served many years as Lead Instructor of massage therapy at several schools in Florida, teaching all state required curriculum subjects necessary for licensure. He holds an Associate of Arts degree from the University of Central Florida and is a long time member of the Florida State Massage Therapy Association. His extensive experience as a massage therapy educator continues to serve as a foundation for sharing viable knowledge in serving elders and those near end of life.

Email: cieloazul@cfl.rr.com

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