Integrating Massage into Rural Caregiving at End-of-Life

Conley, Virginia M.; Kempson, Diane

doi:10.1177/082585970702300108

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“…The massage facilitated both feelings of energy and of relaxation and rest. These results are also evident in previous studies (MacDonald 1998, Goodfellow 2003, Conley & Kempson 2007). In addition, the phenomena of sensuality and sexuality were posed as evident and are often closely related to each other.…”

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Inner power, physical strength and existential well‐being in daily life: relatives’ experiences of receiving soft tissue massage in palliative home care

Cronfalk

Strang

Ternestedt

2009

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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Aim and objectives. This article explores relatives’ experiences of receiving soft tissue massage as a support supplement while caring for a dying family member at home. Background. In palliative home care, relatives play an important role as carers to seriously ill and dying family members. To improve their quality of life, different support strategies are of importance. Complementary methods, such as soft tissue massage have become an appreciated supplement for these patients. However, only few studies focus on relatives experiences of receiving soft tissue massage as a supplemental support. Design. Qualitative design Method. Nineteen relatives received soft tissue massage (hand or foot) nine times (25 minutes) in their homes. Open‐ended semi‐structured tape‐recorded interviews were conducted once per relative after the nine times of massage, using qualitative content analysis. Results. Soft tissue massage gave the relatives’ feelings of ‘being cared for’, ‘body vitality’ and ‘peace of mind’. For a while, they put worries of daily life aside as they just experienced ‘being’. During massage, it became apparent that body and mind is constituted of an indestructible completeness. The overarching theme was ‘inner power, physical strength and existential well‐being in their daily lives’. Conclusion. All relatives experienced soft tissue massage positively, although they were under considerable stress. Soft tissue massage could be an option to comfort and support relatives in palliative home care. Relevance to clinical practice. In palliative nursing care, soft tissue massage could present a worthy supplement in supporting caring relatives.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Inner power, physical strength and existential well‐being in daily life: relatives’ experiences of receiving soft tissue massage in palliative home care

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Ternestedt

2009

Journal of Clinical Nursing

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“…These same caregivers are also at increased risk for depression and feelings of burden (Butler et al, 2005). The researchers had previously examined the characteristics, health beliefs, challenges, and strengths of rural-dwelling caregivers of chronically ill and/or actively dying family members and had hypothesized that these persons may realize benefits in terms of reduced stress and increased well-being from performing an actional intervention, specifically gentle Swedish massage strokes, administered to the extremities of their ill loved one (Conley & Kempson, 2007).…”

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Family Caregiver Provided Massage for Rural-Dwelling Chronically Ill Persons

Kempson

Conley

2008

Home Health Care Management & Practice

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Family caregivers attending to chronically ill family members within the community are vulnerable to psychological and medical health issues. Rural caregivers may be at increased risk because of fewer resources. This pilot study explored whether rural caregivers would learn and provide gentle massage to their chronically ill loved ones, would find study participation burdensome, and would realize benefits from providing the massage. Positive results in each of the three areas suggest that providing caregivers with instruction on gentle massage techniques for their chronically ill loved ones may support and enhance rural caregivers' perceptions of self-efficacy and self-agency and thus possibly decrease caregiver vulnerability. The findings of this study are important in light of increasing numbers of chronically ill persons who rely predominantly on home care by family members within the community.

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“…The most commonly cited reason for the discontinuation of delivering lay massage was time constriction [42] [67] and burden [56]. Furthermore, challenges can be amplified when acute stress is perceived or chronic daily stresses are accumulated outside of the intervention [68]. The PM-WB model proposes that when the resources surpass the challenges, couples would receive the benefit of PM in enhancing wellbeing.…”

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Positive Massage for Couples’ Wellbeing and Relationships: The Bridge between Positive Psychology and Massage

Naruse¹,

Moss²

2019

Health

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Although positive psychology interventions are generally aimed at individuals, when considering couples, a dyadic approach may be more effective. In terms of a couples' wellbeing, their relationship is one of the most important factors. As such, interventions targeted for both members' wellbeing via their relationship are likely to be of value. Currently, there exist limited dyadic positive activity interventions available in positive psychology, and notably, tactile intervention is lacking. Massage is the evidence based tactile health modality that has long history as a therapeutic intervention, as well as being one of the most natural human health-oriented behaviours. The current commentary argues for the link between positive psychology and massage, and that "Positive Massage" can be a bridge between the hitherto distinct entities of positive psychology and massage. Furthermore, based on the conceptual theoretical model of the link between Positive Massage and wellbeing, we propose that Positive Massage can be an effective positive intervention impacting on couples' wellbeing and enhancing their relationships.

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Integrating Massage into Rural Caregiving at End-of-Life

Cited by 6 publications

References 36 publications

Inner power, physical strength and existential well‐being in daily life: relatives’ experiences of receiving soft tissue massage in palliative home care

Inner power, physical strength and existential well‐being in daily life: relatives’ experiences of receiving soft tissue massage in palliative home care

Family Caregiver Provided Massage for Rural-Dwelling Chronically Ill Persons

Positive Massage for Couples’ Wellbeing and Relationships: The Bridge between Positive Psychology and Massage

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