A 1-day course open to anyone wishing to explore the use of therapeutic touch to enhance wellbeing and improve engagement with a person living with dementia on their terms and with dignity. We’ll cover specialist massage techniques on easily accessible areas of the body i.e. the arms, hands and face with a view to meeting needs and facilitating expressing emotions in a dementia friendly way. We’ll explore the intricacies of consent, how the law impacts us and the benefits of massage so you can sell your service well all through a trauma informed lens. We’ll take a look at how the brain is impacted by dementia to understand certain behaviours and then focus on compassionate communication giving you immediately useable tools to connect without words and traverse the rocky road of relationships with your loved one or client more smoothly. “When words escape us, touch says it all.” No qualifications needed – just hands and an open heart. * Learn innovative, progressive & advanced specialist techniques to connect with compassion * Improve communication and fulfil unmet needs with practical tools & skills * Explore ways of communicating and easing anxiety and reducing medication needs through nuturing touch. * Provide meaningful engagement through truly “person centred” & “holistic” approaches * Increase confidence & competence working in this field * For qualified bodywork therapists, carers, family, friends & dementia professionals For more details on course content, please see frequently asked questions. CORNWALL: You can book both the Massaging Persons Living with Dementia course, 0n October 18, 2024, and course and the Aromatherapy for Persons Living with Dementia course, on October 19, 2024, as a package for £350 (a saving of £50) – please choose the option on the checkout. BRISTOL: You can book both the Massaging Persons Living with Dementia course, 0n March 13, 2024, and course and the Aromatherapy for Persons Living with Dementia course, on March 14, 2024, as a package for £350 (a saving of £50) – please choose the option on the checkout. 1-1 TRAINING 1-1 training may be preferable because you would like a personal touch, 1-1 is your preferred style of learning or one of the planned dates does not suit you. 1-1 training provides you with flexibility of training to suit your specific needs and goals. Please click on the 1-1 training button. It is a good idea to get in touch 1st so that you can confirm a date that is suitable for us both. You can book one-toone training here or by contacting Nicolle by email After successfully completing the course, either in a group or 1-1, qualified therapists will gain CPD points with one or more of the professional bodies. Carers and other professionals will receive a certificate of attendance. ‘The course was far wider than just massage and I have been trying things out with the dementia people in one of the care homes I visit with remarkable results. One lady who just sits and does not interact with anyone happily told us all about the war and what Windsor was like when she was a young girl’ JC, Massage Therapist, Fleet, Hants “An opportunity to learn how to enable people who have dementia feel comfortable about having massage & nurturing touch, learning specialist techniques that reflect understanding the world from your client or loved one’s perspective.”
Still Technique course, suitable for osteopaths and final year osteopathic students
Did you know that: Camden, Islington and Haringey have some of the highest HIV and STI prevalence rates in the UK 66% of people would prefer to use their GP for sexual health services1 but GPs and practice nurses report numerous barriers to offering HIV and STI tests Missed opportunities to diagnose HIV and other STIs have major health implications, including significantly increased mortality rates for HIV2 Why is SHIP training relevant to YOU? Do you want to learn quick simple strategies to assess your patients’ sexual health risk? Find out why the use of speculae is plummeting! Are you all too aware of the reasons NOT to offer an HIV test? Do you worry about how to bring up the topic out of the blue? We will help you become confident in sexual health risk assessment and make meaningful changes to your clinical practice! Session 1a: STI update for Practice Nurses & Nursing Associates Describe the clinical significance of STIs in general practice Outline strategies for STI testing in primary care, including which swabs to use and when Outline management of STIs in the GP setting, including partner notification guidance Describe patterns of STI risk, and prevention methods Session 1b: Talking with patients about sex Formulate and use strategies to bring up sexual health in GP consultations, including when people are not expecting it Demonstrate how to take a rapid sexual health risk assessment tailored for the primary care consultation Formulate clinical management plans drawing on rapid sexual health risk assessment Session 2: Blood borne virus update List the advantages of diagnosing HIV and viral hepatitis in general practice, and the dangers of late diagnoses Recognise the parallels between HIV and viral hepatitis Recognise HIV indicator conditions Overcome barriers to, and normalise, HIV and viral hepatitis testing in your clinical practice Each session provides you with up-to-date resources to take back to your practice to support your consultations.
Osteopathic Approach to the Tempro-Mandibular Joint, exploring how the TMJ impacts posture and movement and vice versa. Course will include internal and external treatment to the TMJ
Spinal and Peripheral Manipulation Grade 5 Mobilisation Course Covering junctional areas and upper and lower extremities. Osteopathy Physiotherapy Chiropractic