Purchase from Findhorn Press or Contact Dawn to order a personalized signed copy.
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Making Friends with Cancer
(Findhorn Press, Inc. Scotland, 2000) |
For an except from the last chapter of Making Friends with Cancer, see:
http://www.journeyofhearts.org/kirstimd/dawn.htm
What a great gift. This work speaks directly to my feelings and will do so to any who find themselves in the inevitable confrontation with our own mortality. . .
Helen Palmer, author: The Enneagram and other works
Dawn’s book is utterly personal and sober at the same time. It speaks to the heart and the mind. It lets the ones with cancer know there is someone out there knowing what they are gong through, and what can be done to support the natural tendency to self-healing.
Wolf Buntig, MD, founder ZIST, Penzberg, Germany
Dawn's inspiring book is a testimony to the human capacity for wisdom and compassion.
Dr. Ken Tanaka, Professor of Buddhist Studies
Musashino Joshi University, Tokyo
Contact Dawn to buy a signed copy, order through Amazon.com or purchase in
e-Book format from Findhorn Press.
The German publication under the title Freundschaft Schliessen Mit Krebs
can sometimes be found on amazon.co.uk |
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Compassionate Touch: Hands-On Caregiving for the Elderly the Ill and the Dying
(Station Hill Press, NY, 1994) |
Here are the tools for revolutionizing geriatric care and utterly transforming the experience of aging in America.
Dean Juhan, author: Job’s Body: A Handbook for Bodywork
The author’s depth of experience as a healer and meditator shines throughout. Along with books such as How Can I Help by Ram Dass and Healing Into Life and Death by Stephen Levine . . .this book leads to a greater understanding of life, death and the true meaning of healing.
Karen Buhler, M.D., Vancouver, B.C.
Contact Dawn to buy a signed copy of this out of print book or search for used copies at amazon.com.
The German publication under the title
Die Draft der heilsamen Beruhrung umsorgen can sometimes be found on amazon.co.uk |
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“An idea whose time has come!” This book contains everything needed for a successful integration of specialized massage programs into care facility environments and will surely be a much appreciated resource in the health care industry.
Tom Jones, Unit Director/ManorCare Health Services
Dawn’s DVD Programs
can be purchased through Natural Touch Marketing in Olympia, Washington or Massage Review Publications in Florida or Terra Nova Films 1 and 2.
Compassionate Touch: Benefits and Effects in Alzheimer's Care
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This video will touch your heart and mind. It is a tender yet realistic education of the Alzheimer's world and those who care for them. It is a MUST SEE for any massage therapist who wants to work with the elderly, particularly those with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia.
Jeannie Fitzgerald, LMT
This award-winning program illustrates beautifully the kind of relating that is most needed for mentally frail residents of care facilities!
Mary MacMaster, LVN, Care Facility Director
. . .a valuable and inspirational tool for educators, professional caregivers, family members and volunteers!"
Joan Larsen, Respite Center Director
(Note: Contact Dawn if interested in free video tapes of this Program.)
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A Study Guide, for use in conjunction with the above DVD for in-service trainings, comes as a bonus download from Natural Touch Marketing or Contact Dawn to order a spiral bound hard copy. |
Compassionate Touch: Benefits and Effects in Long Term Care |
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I was impressed with how this video included the REAL world for both the residents and the staff in a nursing home. No matter what the circumstances, compassionate touch was used successfully in relating to persons with dementia. It seemed to quiet and soothe them.
Kevin Barnes, LMT
Gives a glimpse into daily life for those confined in care facilities and shows the power of touch to enhance their lives. A wonderful resource for both massage and health care professionals.
Chris Bailey, CMT
This program has been extremely useful to me in consulting with health care institutions. I highly recommend it for massage school curriculums and for individuals interested in working with the elderly and the ill.
Marian Williams, RN, CMT
(Note: Dawn's popular 10-minute program, The Power of Touch in Facility Care is included as a BONUS on the above DVD when ordered from Natural Touch Marketing. It can be ordered separately from Massage Review Publications)
Your 10-minute Power of Touch in Facility Care video does a wonderful job, of explaining the importance of massage in addressing the failure to thrive syndrome in the elderly. When I showed this video at a facility where I offer geriatric massage, six of the seven family members present signed up their family member immediately.
Janet McPherson, R.N., L.M.T., Niagara Falls, New York
Articles by Dawn
Dawn has published numerous articles in Massage and Bodywork Quarterly, Massage Magazine, and Massage Therapy Journal.
The articles below can currently be found on the Internet. (Click on the title to directly access an article.)
Growing Old with Massage (originally published in Feb./March 2001 under the title Masage in Facility Care)
Massage in Hospice (originally published in March 2002)
The Power of Human Touch in Alzheimer's Care (originally published in Fall 2004)
The Power of Touch (Fall 2010 Issue of care ADvantage magazine)
Contact Dawn for a complete list of her articles or to request more information.
Dawn and Emil Zuberbueler co-authored the Massage Section of: Complementary Therapies in End-of-Life Care (National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization). This 96-page handbook, which comes in three-ring binder form with easy to use tabs for the seven complementary therapies described, is part of NHPCO's Professional Development and Resource Series.
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