Reiki for Hospice Patients

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Evercare Hospice is looking forReiki Practitioners to provide Reiki treatments to our patients on Hospice in hopes of bringing comfort, relieving pain, reducing stress and increasing a calm and peaceful environment to our patients. Each Reiki Practitioner would be required to: 1) Attend our mandatory volunteer training session 2) Submit to and pass a 2 step TB test 3) Submit to and pass a Drug screening 4) Submit to and pass a Criminal background check 5) We offer the Hepatitis B vaccination to all volunteers - Hepatitis B vaccination is Optional - And all other testing is mandatory as is the Background check and all testing is done at NO COST TO THE VOLUNTEER. Copy of Reiki Practitioner Certification/Training is required for your personnel file.

Definition

Reiki is a form of therapy that uses simple hands-on, no-touch, and visualization techniques, with the goal of improving the flow of life energy in a person. Reiki (pronounced ray-key) means "universal life energy" in Japanese, and Reiki practitioners are trained to detect and alleviate problems of energy flow on the physical, emotional, and spiritual level. Reiki touch therapy is used in much the same way to achieve similar effects that traditional massage therapy is used to relive stress and pain and to improve the symptoms of various health conditions.

Purpose

Reiki claims to provide many of the same benefits as traditional massage therapy, such as reducing stress, stimulating the immune system, increasing energy, and relieving the pain and symptoms of health conditions. Practitioners have reported success in helping patients with acute and chronic illnesses, from asthma and arthritis to trauma and recovery from surgery. Reiki is a gentle and safe technique, and has been used successfully in some hospitals. It has been found to be very calming and reassuring for those suffering from severe or fatal conditions. Reiki has been used by doctors, nurses, psychologists and other health professionals to bring touch and deeper caring into their healing practices.

The basic philosophy of reiki

The basic concept underlying reiki is that the body has an energy field that is central to its health and proper functioning, and this energy travels in certain pathways that can become blocked or weakened. Reiki practitioners believe that everyone has the potential to access the universal life energy, but that over time most people's systems become blocked and the energy becomes weakened in them. A reiki practitioner is trained to be able to detect these blockages, and practitioners will use their hands, thoughts, and own energy fields to improve the energy flow in a patient.