The Power of Touch: Elevating Human Connection

Join AGE-u-cate Training Institute and 2 senior living providers to explore the benefits of incorporating skilled touch techniques into dementia care training and engagement programs.  This session will share data connected to touch as medicine and outcomes connected to reducing stress reactions.

AGE-u-cate will also introduce 1 skilled-touch technique that you can begin using immediately with residents.  We will also hear use-case stories from Presbyterian Senior Living and Otterbein Senior in integrating Compassionate Touch® into ongoing education and programming to include leveraging skilled touch to engage Independent Living residents and families as well.

Learning Objectives:

• Understand benefits of skilled touch for people living with dementia
• Learn 1 skilled touch technique to begin using immediately with residents
• Explore 2 use-case applications of skilled touch in senior living community settings