The M Technique for dementia

Author:
BUCKLE Jane
Journal article citation:
Working with Older People, 13(3), September 2009, pp.22-24.
Publisher:
Emerald

The M Technique is a registered method of gentle structured touch suitable for anyone, following a choreographed sequence of strokes, at a set pace and set pressure. The author explains how the M Technique, started in the United States and now used in approximately 40 hospitals in the United States and 20 hospices in the United Kingdom, is being used in a variety of care settings to calm, soothe and reassure patients, and the benefits it gives to people with dementia.

Subject terms:
older people, therapies, therapy and treatment, dementia;
Location(s):
United Kingdom
Link:
Journal home page
ISSN print:
1366-3666

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