Abstract
Touch is considered a core aspect of care provision and therapeutic relationships. Therapeutic touch allows nurses to facilitate healing and forge therapeutic relationships through touch or non-touch and maintain channels of communication often lost in dementia as the disease progresses. This article reports the findings of a research project to examine the effectiveness of therapeutic touch in dementia care.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Attitude of Health Personnel*
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Clinical Competence
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Communication
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Dementia / nursing*
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Dementia / psychology
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Disease Progression
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Education, Nursing, Continuing
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Focus Groups
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Geriatric Nursing / education
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Geriatric Nursing / methods*
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
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Hospital Units
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Humans
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Nurse's Role
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Nurse-Patient Relations
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Nursing Evaluation Research
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Nursing Methodology Research
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Nursing Staff, Hospital / education
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Nursing Staff, Hospital / psychology*
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Qualitative Research
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Therapeutic Touch / methods
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Therapeutic Touch / nursing*
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Therapeutic Touch / psychology
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Treatment Outcome