I have been trained in how to adapt complementary treatments for Cancer and Palliative Care patients. This includes Aromatherapy sniff sticks to help nausea, fatigue sleep and depression. These aromatherapy sticks can also help to uplift people, or provide relaxation to help anxiety and many other symptoms of chemo and therapy treatment. I can offer oncology massage that is a gentle massage, nervous system massage that is for relaxation and provides the body with inner healing from relaxing the nervous system. I can also offer oncology reflexology that is also a gentle form of the therapy, it can be used with precision Reflexology and Reiki. Also Reflexology can work on meridians and reflex points to also help, relaxation, pain, fatigue, nausea and is used to just help relax the nervous system and give deep relaxation to help inner healing. These kind of therapies is a palliative approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing problems associated with a life threatening illness. In 2011 The National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) reviewed their 2004 guidelines on supportive and palliative care. This article stated that those developing services for people with cancer should incorporate the following recommendations:
- People affected by cancer should be offered a range of physical, emotional, spiritual and social support as this is an important factor that should be incorporated into the NHS and it is not.
- People with advanced cancer should have access to a range of service to improve their quality of life
- There should be services to help people living with the after-effects of cancer
- There should be support for people dying from cancer
- The needs of family and other carers of people with cancer should be met
