A Reflection: The Comfort of Touch for Family at End of Life

Posted by Julie Boggess on Aug 19, 2019 12:25:32 PM

 

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Topics: The Family Caregiver, Senior Care Professionals, Family Caregiver, compassionate touch, Hospital Professionals, family caregivers, End-of-life

The Healing Power of Touch. Why are we Depriving our Elders?

Posted by Pam Brandon on Sep 14, 2018 10:17:11 AM

It the first sense to develop in the womb and one of the last ones to go during the dying process.

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Topics: dementia care, Senior Care Professionals, Family Caregiver, Elders, compassionate touch, leadership, Hospital Professionals, aging, Anxiety, Healing Touch, End-of-life, older adults, Healing, Skilled Touch

How Can We Lovingly Embrace the Ending...Tips for Families

Posted by Pam Brandon on Feb 9, 2018 8:00:05 AM

What is a harder conversation topic with elderly parents - money or death?  If you guessed death, you get a gold star.  Why do we find it so very difficult to discuss the inevitable?  Surely we've all come to grips with the fact there is one thing certain about life and that is death.  We can embrace the ending by learning to embrace the life that we still have with our loved ones until the times comes when they are no longer with us.

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Topics: AGE-u-cate Training Institute, Senior Care Professionals, Family Caregiver, memories, caregivers, compassionate touch, Faith Community, Compassion, families, End-of-life, death

How Can We Embrace the Fact that Death is a Part of Life?

Posted by Pam Brandon on Sep 26, 2017 3:50:56 PM

We all know that the only thing certain about our life is that someday it will end.  And yet death continues to be an elusive topic in most families and social circles.  Someone recently shared with me that she felt if she brought up the topic with her parents,  they might feel like she wanted to hurry things along.

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Topics: Senior Care Professionals, Family Caregiver, leadership, Faith Community, families, End-of-life, Hospice, Faith, death, Palliative Care

The Transformational Power of Touch in Dementia Care

Posted by Pam Brandon on May 12, 2017 8:38:22 AM

Touch is one of our most fundamental needs.

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Topics: dementia care, The Family Caregiver, Senior Care Professionals, Training, compassionate touch, Hospital Professionals, End-of-life, Skilled Touch, AGE-u-cate Training Instiute

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