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Therapeutic Touch For Alzheimer's Disease


    Therapeutic touch is a nursing procedure where trained practitioners perform healing movements without actually touching the patient's body. Therapeutic touch was pioneered by Dolores Krieger, R.N. Therapeutic touch practitioners try to heal by altering disturbed energy fields around the patient.>br>     To the best of my knowledge, only one study has used therapeutic touch to treat alzheimer patients. In that study, therapeutic touch was shown to reduce rocking motions, fist clenching, and verbal anxiety in agitated alzheimer patients [199].