Comfort Touch®
can enhance the quality of life for anyone in need of a caring touch.
Resources
Books / DVD / Continuing Education Course
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Comfort Touch® textbook-New Updated Edition!
~ This comprehensive textbook is designed to inform the caregiver how to bring the benefits of touch to a broad range of people in need. It will
give the reader the confidence to practice this nurturing form of acupressure in a variety of settings, including hospices, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and home care.
~ The practitioner can learn techniques that are safe and appropriate for the population for whom conventional massage may cause discomfort or even injury. It will give the reader an understanding of the physical and emotional
needs of the elderly, and those suffering from chronic illness, and/or injury. The book is ideal for massage practitioners and students as well as
nursing and allied health professionals.
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Includes:
Understanding Issues of Health, Illness and Aging; Loss and Grief;
Approaching the Client; Principles and Techniques of Comfort Touch;
Special Populations; Communication and Documentation; Self-Care of
the Caregiver; Program Development; Additional Online Resources.
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Title: Comfort Touch® - Nurturing Acupressure
for the elderly, the ill, & anyone in need of a caring touch
Author: Mary Kathleen Rose
Publisher: Wild Rose, 2020 ISBN 978-0-9636234-8-5
Details: 185 pages, 8.5" x 11" Spiral Bound, 119 Photos & Illustrations
Price: $50.00, plus $5.00 S&H
(Shipping rate applies only within the US.
For international rates, email: rosevine@comforttouch.com.)
To order: Send check or money order to:
Mary Rose - 1109 Sumac St. Longmont, Colorado 80501, US
--or-- via PayPal
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Comfort Touch® Massage for the Elderly & the Ill
~This video inspires the viewer - whether healthcare professional or family caregiver - to offer the benefits of touch to those for whom conventional massage may cause discomfort or even injury. Mary Kathleen Rose demonstrates Comfort Touch in the seated, supine, and side-lying positions. Comfort Touch provides soothing relief for the elderly & the ill, and can enhance the quality of life for anyone in need of a caring touch.
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DVD comes with 40-page Video Guide which includes: Principles & Techniques of Comfort Touch; Benefits of Comfort Touch & Precautions in the Use of Touch; and Self-Care Exercises for the Caregiver.
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Title: Comfort Touch® Massage for the Elderly & the Ill
Author: Mary Kathleen Rose
Publisher: Wild Rose, 2005 ISBN 0-9636234-5-1
Details: 34 minutes
Price: Home Use Edition: $29.00, plus $4.00 S&H
Library Edition: $89 plus $4.00 S&H
~ Includes performance rights for Educational & Institutional Use.
(Shipping rate applies only within the US.
For international rates, email: rosevine@comforttouch.com.)
To order: Send check or money order to:
Mary Rose - 1109 Sumac St. Longmont, Colorado 80501, US
--or-- via PayPal
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~This easy-to-use guide offers practical instructions for caregivers, allowing them to offer the benefits of touch to family members and friends, within the home and medical settings. It emphasizes self care and efficient body patterning for the giver of touch, and includes safety information and tips for making the client comfortable. Detailed instructions, are illustrated with beautiful black and white photography.
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Title: Comfort Touch® of the Hands & Feet: A Guide for Family Caregivers
Author: Mary Kathleen Rose
Publisher: Wild Rose, 2015 ISBN 978-0-9636234-6-1
Details: 80 pages, 5.5" x 8" 117 hotos & illustrutrations
Price: $17.00, plus $4.00 S&H (Quantity discounts are available.)
(Shipping rate applies only within the US.
For international rates, email: rosevine@comforttouch.com.)
To order: Send check or money order to:
Mary Rose - 1109 Sumac St. Longmont, Colorado 80501, US
--or-- via PayPal
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~ Written for the bereaved individual, as well as for family, friends, and professional caregivers, this concise booklet helps the reader to understand the grieving process. It discusses the losses for which a person grieves; including death, divorce, changes in health status, job loss, moves, etc., as well as "collective grief."
~While bereavement is a non-linear process, it is useful to delineate different aspects of what can be called the Cycle of Grief. This guide gives many useful suggestions for coping with the stress of loss. It also provides helpful tips for supporting others who are dealing with loss.
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Title: Bereavement: Dealing with Grief & Loss
Author: Mary Kathleen Rose
Publisher: Wild Rose, 2022 ISBN 978-0-9636234-3-0
Details: 44 pages, 5.5" x 8" 17 photos & illustrations
Price: $10.00, plus $4.00 S&H (Quantity discounts are available.)
(Shipping rate applies only within the US.
For international rates, email: rosevine@comforttouch.com.)
To order: Send check or money order to:
Mary Rose - 1109 Sumac St. Longmont, Colorado 80501, US
--or-- via PayPal
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This course is offered by the Institute for Integrative Healthcare Studies.*
~Developed in 1989 by Mary Kathleen Rose through her work with hospice patients, the modality of Comfort Touch® enables you to bring the benefits of massage to the elderly and individuals suffering from chronic illness or injury. Through this continuing education program you'll learn the principles and techniques of Comfort Touch and gain a greater understanding of the physical and emotional needs of elderly, frail, and chronically ill clients.
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~The course fee includes:
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Comfort Touch textbook
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Comfort Touch DVD
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Multiple-choice test (optional self-review study questions)
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Certificate upon completion
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12 CE Hours E637
~ For more detailed information, and to order, follow this link:
Comfort Touch® Massage for the Elderly & the Ill
* The Institute for Integrative Healthcare Studies is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB) as a continuing education Approved Provider. Our courses are also accepted by AMTA and ABMP.
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~ Enjoy the entrancing sounds of "Wild Roses" - perfect for meditation, yoga, massage & bodywork, improvisational dance, and/or pure relaxation. Take a journey that is soothing, comforting, lighthearted, inspiring, and healing.
~ Piano improvisations played by Mary Kathleen Rose on 1919 Model O Steinway Grand Piano.
Recorded & mixed by Jesse Manno. Boulder, Colorado.
~ 74 minutes.
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Price: $10.00, free S&H
To order: Send check or money order to:
Mary Rose - 1109 Sumac St. Longmont, Colorado 80501, US
--or-- via PayPal
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