#Caussade #Wellbeing #therapies #gerontology
The Regional Health Agency had proposed to organize an action in favor of the quality of life at work in medico-social establishments for agents working with the elderly and disabled people in order to take care of staff in a context of post-Covid exhaustion. Following funding from this same Regional Health Agency, after extensive consultation with stakeholders and users of the health sector in each department, the budget allocated for this project made it possible to benefit 80 people in Tarn-et -Garonne. The management of the Caussade, Nègrepelisse and Saint-Antonin-Noble-Val nursing homes have then set up three different activities since November 2023, linked to well-being: collective yoga and sophrology sessions, as well as individual sessions. seated massages accompanied by qualified professionals. Also, Nadège Bouville, a gerontology practitioner, works in nursing homes and establishments in the sector, as well as at home, with elderly or vulnerable people, in consultation with families and heads of establishments. “We must refine our sense of touch and seek holistic touch; therefore, taking into account the being in its entirety. It is important to always keep a kind look on our recipient and to adapt our gestures to the expressions of the person. I support aging people in this new page of their lives, I offer them a window, a reassuring presence”, comments the therapist.
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