Service Through Touch
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Preparation for Providing Massage in Hospice, 10 CE hours
A new home study course available from Health Positive.com/
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Info for People — New Multi-Media Package
Providing Massage in Hospice Care
An Everflowing Resource by Irene Smith
Includes Book, DVD and 2-CD Set
Purchase directly from Information for People for $84.95.
This ground-breaking multimedia presentation allows you to participate directly in a discussion of this vitally important topic. Internationally acclaimed author and educator Irene Smith uses book, video, audio CDs to share her experience with unprecedented clarity, understanding and compassion. Whether to prepare yourself personally or as a basis for group exploration, this versatile package contributes a depth of wisdom and education that supports anyone working with the seriously ill or the dying.
"From the depths of her extensive personal experience, Irene Smith has crafted a well organized, articulate, and thoroughly informative practical guide and inspirational resource.
Providing Massage in Hospice Care is an invaluable tool and truly a great gift to the Hospice and Massage Communities and to anyone caring for individuals approaching the transition we call death."
— Dawn Nelson, author, "From the Heart Through the Hands: The Power of Touch in Caregiving"
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Video Sale Order Directly from Everflowing
Emotional Impact of Working with the Dying
This ground-breaking multimedia presentation allows you to participate directly in a discussion of this vitally important, but rarely addressed topic. Internationally acclaimed author and educator Irene Smith uses video, audio CDs, and handbook to deliver her experience with unprecedented clarity, understanding and compassion. Whether to prepare yourself personally or as a basis for group exploration, this versatile package contributes a depth of wisdom and education that supports anyone working with the seriously ill or the dying.
TESTIMONIALS: "Christmas with Chuck has timeless lessons for bodyworkers who work with the ill or the dying. In this video Irene Smith speaks to aspects of the practioners experience that are rarely addressed. I can hardly wait to share it with my students."
— Gayle Mc Donald..author of medicine Hands Massage for People with Cancer
"This multi media pack offers significant support materials for practioners who work with with seriously ill clients in hospitals, their homes or hospices."
— Lisa Mertz, Massage Magazine 2004
Bodywork for People Who Are Dying: The Emotional Impact; $21.95.
This 80 minute videotape seminar taped in 1988, is a powerful overview of Irene's years of massaging people with AIDS. Irene shares her experiences and professional insights, with a focus on emotional preparation for the practitioner. The seminar includes her memorable slide presentation Christmas with Chuck, Irene's last massage with a man dying of AIDS.
The seminar concludes with intimate group sharing from the audience.
The information and sharing in this seminar are timeless, however Irene refers to Service Through Touch. This organization no longer exists. Everflowing is the new name for Irene Smith's work.
Also available on DVD format for $29.95.
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Printed Material — Order Directly from Everflowing
New 2007 edition of Bodywork for HIV Infected Persons; 93 pages; $19.95 + S&H in USA. The book includes: worldwide statistics, diagnosis, treatment, transmission, AIDS defining conditions, precautions for hands on care, benefits & outcomes of bodywork, gathering client information, bodywork modifications for disease progression, special considerations, and the emotional impact to the practitioner.
The Emotional Impact of Working with the Ill and the Dying; 16 pages; $8, includes S&H in USA.
This handbook includes: personal reflections and the development of skills and coping strategies for dealing with grief and loss.
Touch Awareness in Caregiving; 44 pages, $10.00, includes S&H in USA. “The information and touch skills in this handbook are essential to the care professions. Whether you are a physician, a nurse, a hospice volunteer or a family care giver, you are touching those in your care. Care giving on all levels is about making contact. Care giving is about touching. This manual is designed to give you the opportunity to touch more skillfully, thus enhancing the care that you provide and enriching your role as a care provider.” — Irene Smith
This handbook includes: photos; an introduction to touching with centering exercise; the Potential Outcomes for the Use of Touch in Palliative Care and the 5 layers of skill for Creating a Safe Container for the Touch Relationship with a Dying Person. Click to see Training Schedule.
Now available in a condensed version without photos at $4, perfect for organizational bulk orders!
Book Only
Providing Massage in Hospice Care: An Everflowing Resource. 88 pages, $34.95, includes S&H in USA. This manual represents 21 years of experience in developing protocols, skills and coping stratagies for facilitating body work with dying persons. “I have assembled the information in this manual in hopes that interest in this field will be nurtured and supported in the healthiest way possible.”
Manual includes: An Introduction to the Business of Dying; Potential Outcomes for the Use of Touch in Palliative Care; Precautions and Guidelines; Quality Assurance; The 5 Layers of Skill for Creating a Safe Container for the Touch Relationship; Everflowing Touch Techniques and Body Mechanics; Side Positioning of the Client; Working in a Client’s Home; and The Emotional Impact of Working With the Dying; and Resources Guide.
This resource is the training materials for “Everflowing Massage Program Manual for Hospice Home Care” listed below Click to see Training Schedule.
"From the depths of her extensive personal experience, Irene Smith has crafted a well organized, articulate, and thoroughly informative practical guide and inspirational resource.
Providing Massage in Hospice Care is an invaluable tool and truly a great gift to the Hospice and Massage Communities and to anyone caring for individuals approaching the transition we call death."
— Dawn Nelson, author, "From the Heart Through the Hands: The Power of Touch in Caregiving"
Everflowing Massage Program Manual for Hospice Home Care; revised 2007; 75 pages; $160, includes S&H in USA. A comprehensive manual including development, implementation with practitioner contracts and agreements and training outline. Training materials and permission to reprint materials may be purchased from Everflowing. (Click on the cover to view the Table of Contents.)
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CDs
Songs of Healing - $12.95, + shipping and handling. In “Songs of Healing” Irene takes you through 5 original songs for the healing of her personal grief includes commentary before each song. This CD is for anyone who has lost a loved one or who facilitates a grief group or for anyone who wants to be inspired.
Order Printed Material and Song CD from:
Everflowing
41 Carl Street, #C
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 564-1750
Or
Email:
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Everflowing Articles:
Emotional Impact of Working With the Dying
Published in Massage Magazine, 2002.
(Click the image to download the article in PDF format)
Mindful Touching as a Means of Comfort
Featured article, June 2008
Hospice Volunteer Association's Quarterly e-Magazine.
(Click the image to download the article in PDF format)
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