Therapeutic Touch as a Nursing Intervention for the Elderly

觸摸治療應用於老年護理

邱愛富(Ai-Fu Chiou)

《榮總護理》 18卷3期 (2001/09) Pp. 245-253

https://doi.org/10.6142/VGHN.18.3.245

摘要

觸摸治療是利用手的觸摸來協助達到治療病人的方法。研究顯示觸摸治療能夠減輕疼痛、促進放鬆、加速癒合過程、增加血紅素值、降低血壓、以及政善心理方面的問題，諸如焦慮和憂鬱。老年人常因孤單，而對觸摸較多的需求，但是卻因爲大眾對老年人的誤解而忽略了觸摸的治療功能。本文將介紹治療性觸摸，及其在老年護理的應用，希望提供護理人員作爲照顧老年病患時的參考。

關鍵字

觸摸治療 ； 老年人 ； 護理措施 ； 能量場

並列摘要

Therapeutic touch is an intervention that involves use of hands with the conscious intent to help or heal. A variety of studies demonstrate that therapeutic touch may help reduce pain, promote relaxation, accelerate the healing process, increase hemoglobin level, decrease diastolic blood pressure, and alleviate psychosomatic illness such as anxiety and depression. The elderly have more need for touch due to their loneliness; however, their touch needs are often not met because of the misunderstanding of the elderly. Therefore, this article provides a brief overview of therapeutic touch, and discusses studies that examined the use of therapeutic touch in the elderly.

並列關鍵字

therapeutic touch ； elderly ； nursing intervention ； energy field