Comforting Touch in Dementia and End of Life Care

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Comforting Touch in Dementia and End of Life Care*Highly Commended in the Popular Medicine category at the 2012 British Medical Association Book Awards* The simple sensation of touching someone's hand can have a powerful therapeutic effect. Hand massage is a positive and meaningful way of reaching out and providing comfort to those who are elderly, ill or nearing the end of life, and it can be particularly effective for people with dementia who may respond well to positive non verbal interaction.

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Cloaked in metaphor

making reference to Heidegger

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Since its beginnings in Australia in the 1890s

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The book begins by providing a complete view of Yoga and its spiritual dimensions

it is based on Buddhist philosophical principles

and provides effective clinical treatments

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