Compassionate Touch-Hands-On Care for Those in Later Life Stages

Share the Gift of Your Touch

For thousands of years the therapeutic use of touch has been known to support healing, relieve pain and provide comfort to those living with the effects of aging or illness.

Compassionate Touch® is a hands-on complementary approach for those in eldercare, hospice and palliative care. It combines one-on-one focused attention, intentional touch and sensitive massage with specialized communication skills to help enhance quality of life for those in later life stages.

Our training empowers massage therapists, health professionals and family caregivers to discover the transformative effects of touch and massage in caring for individuals in:

Long term care facilities
Hospice care
Palliative care
Alzheimer's and dementia care settings
Hospitals
Home care

“Touch brings forth our innate ability to be a healing presence and we discover deeper meaning in our work as caregivers.”
-Ann Catlin, Director, Center for Compassionate Touch, LLC

Our Mission:
Compassionate Touch® empowers caregivers by affirming their inherent ability to be a healing presence to others.
We honor, embrace, and champion the mutual benefit derived from being of service to our elders in facility care and those at the end of life.
To achieve our mission we:

Offer training and mentoring to massage therapists, health professionals and other caregivers

Partner with kindred individuals, organizations and institutions to uplift the lives and the communities we serve

Our Vision is a world where a healing presence in the form of touch is commonplace and every elder, ill and dying person has access to the benefits of Compassionate Touch®. In addition, we are a premiere resource for all caregivers.

Download a PDF of our 2008 Media Kit here. It gives some introductory information about Compassionate Touch® and our training services.

Compassionate Touch Media Kit Spring08

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"People are like stained-glass windows.
They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within." -Elizabeth Kübler-Ross

Reprinted proudly with permission by the Elizabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation.

View a clip of our DVD Compassionate Touch Presents: Sensitive Massage-Reclaiming the Human Touch in Caregiving on YouTube. You can purchase your own copy here!