A Gentle Touch…….. Therapeutic Touch® Integrated into
Hospice Palliative Care
Nancy Hall RN, BScN, TTRP
Bethell Hospice
Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Conference
Presenter Name: Nancy Hall
Relationships with commercial interests: None
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Faculty/Presenter Disclosure
TT treatment - chakra Dora does not advocate working directly on the chakras
Always helpful to send energy to the solar plexus
Kidney adrenal – can always benefit from energy
Heart chakra is a center for higher energies and integration – it too is a center for integration
Meditation or visualization combined with changes in behaviour changes chakra pattern
Alternative - Complementary
Alternative Therapies : therapies used instead
of conventional medical treatment.
Complementary Therapies : interventions that
are used to complement, to add on to
conventional treatment
Integrative Therapies: a blend of best practices
from conventional and complementary therapies
• a gentle, energy-based technique that touches
individuals at all levels of their experience: physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual
Practitioners of Therapeutic Touch use the hands
as a focus to facilitate the healing process
Therapeutic Touch
Therapeutic Touch
• It utilizes near touch or light touch to support
and stimulate the individual’s own natural healing processes. It is equally effective with no touch
• the intention is to enable people to re-pattern their energy field toward wholeness and health thereby enhancing their own ability to self heal
The Origin of Therapeutic Touch
Dr. Dolores Krieger, PhD, RN Dora Kunz
Currently
• Taught throughout the world in colleges, universities, community venues
• Accepted practice in over 30 hospitals and LTC facilities; 20 community/residential hospices, as well as community agencies, churches, schools
• College of Nurses of On. and College of Physicians and Surgeons of On. have policies guiding the use of complementary/alternative therapies
Research 1975 Effect of Therapeutic Touch on hemoglobin levels, The American Journal of Nursing •2003 Large CQI clinical study showed value of a therapeutic touch program – comfort, calmness, well being •2007 Twenty years of Therapeutic Touch in a Canadian Cancer Agency. Support Care Cancer
•2008 Therapeutic Touch Affects DNA Synthesis and Mineralization of Human Osteoblasts in Culture, Journal of Orthapaedic Research
Assumptions
• Everything in the universe is energy • When we are healthy, the energy flows freely in through and out • With illness or injury the energy field is changed • The ability to heal is innate in all living things • Therapeutic Touch enhances our natural healing ability
Scenarios
Mickey
mother, grandmother, active volunteer
At 70 lost her husband and then her kidney fn
16 year trajectory of health challenges
Soloman
Father, brother, spouse,
Last hours at hospice, family all present
Many intervention to manage pain, dyspnea
Persistent restlessness,
Scenarios
Marie Helen
34, living with hsb, 2 young children
Recent diagnosis of lymphoma
Focusing on children, job, denial?
Rosemary
61, living with hsb
Chemo tx for breast cancer q 3 weeks
End of every week 2 to hosp for antibiotics
delays next tx
Demonstration
Effects of Therapeutic Touch
Promotes a deep relaxation response
Eases anxiety and stress Manages pain and other symptoms
Improves sleep Fosters a sense of well-being
Reduces the sense of isolation
Supports self care and work life balance
Resources
Therapeutic Touch Network of Ontario TTNO
www.therapeutictouch.org
Therapeutic Network of Canada TTNC
http://ttnc.ca
Therapeutic Touch Basics taught in Level 1,2,3
Recognized Practitioner
Recognized Teacher
Complementary Therapies Standards
http://www.hpco.ca/publications/
www.therapeutictouch.org
Hospice Palliative Care aims to:
• relieve suffering
• improve the quality of living and dying
• Address physical, psychological, social, spiritual, practical issues
• enhance personal, spiritual growth and self-actualization
Therapeutic Touch: • promotes relaxation and eases stress • helps manage pain and
other symptoms • fosters sense of well-being
• focuses on restoring
balance in all aspects of the human energy field: body, mind, emotions and spirit
• offers opportunities for self growth
CHPCA Conference September 2017
Presenter Name: Nancy Hall
Relationships with commercial interests:
“NOT APPLICABLE”