Individual Case Analysis 1: Canyon Ranch Introduction: This case is focused on Canyon Ranch, a Spa and wellness company, and the challenges they faced heading into 2004. Topics of discussion will include; company background, IT challenges, and other challenges Canyon Ranch faced heading into 2004. Company Background: Canyon Ranch was founded in 1979 with the opening of Canyon Ranch, Tucson, Arizona. The facility offered a wide variety of services related to Spa and fitness activities, but differentiated itself from competition by including health and healing services all under one roof. Canyon Ranch was also emphasized the need for luxurious services standards and boosted a staff-to-guest ratio of 2.5:1.
They belief that caring for the caregiver is as important as caring for the patients. There are wellness programs and stress relief opportunities for the caregivers. They recognize how important human touch can be for everyone. They employ licensed massage therapist on site for patients, family member and employees. Planetree is patient focused care that is committed to improving patient care from the patient’s perspective.
The reason why we bed bath clients is to promote personal hygiene and to give them a sense of well-being it also maintain intact skin i.e. prevention of pressure sours. Bed bathing allows the caregivers to monitor changes in the client’s skin condition.It was my first day on practice placement and I assisted a care assistance in giving a patient a bed bath. The patient had recently had a stroke, due to that the patients left arm was paralysed and her mobility was greatly reduced, and also caused her severe pain. We first explained to her what we were going to do and asked for her consent, which was given verbally, the patient was unable to communicate do to the stroke however when we asked for her consent she nodded her head.
After the table is sanitized, table height adjustments are made according to client BMI; check stability of table to ensure safety and stability. Next, sheets are appropriately fitted to the massage table; set extra towels on table, gather boosters if applicable, and drape a cover on the face cradle. Lastly, consider music, lighting, and aroma therapy for the session. The second step before the therapist initiates work on a client is extremely important that the therapist be centered or grounded. To be centered is to be focused, to clear one’s mind, to become “one” with the client.
Chinese massage originated from the principle that disease and illnesses arise due to imbalance energy and specific pathways or meridians that present. Through massage techniques, the body has a chance to heal its self naturally (Natural Healers 2002). Over the years massage has not so much changed but developed. Starting out thousands of years ago masseurs used to kneed the muscles, throughout history more research had been done and through that research they have developed different styles of massaging, and have discovered the reason to why massaging can help with injuries. Traditional Chinese medicine is much similar to that of massage, but over time there has been more research done and more development to improve different treatments.
Programs, which provide training and education lead to innovations which bring about changes in work organization. A survey carried out to assess the impact of psychological training programs on health care professionals stress found that trained nurses reported positive changes in their stress and anxiety levels [4, 5]. There are many de–stress programs have been found and seem to benefit the workers. Mindfulness meditation is one of the profound techniques scientifically proven to reduce stress and other psychological problems. Mindfulness is a standardized meditation program created in 1979 by Jon Kabat–Zinn from the effort to adapt Buddhist mindfulness meditation.
Coursework Assignment: Lee Sze Chet Rewrite: The Healing White Light Script The Healing White Light Script was chosen for this coursework assignment to demonstrate the therapist ability to create scripts which is more appropriate for the patients. White Light has been associated with a universal concept of peace and cleansing. The script was designed to stimulate the body’s own natural ability to heal and act as a metaphorical approach to ego strengthening. Most doctors believe patient’s mental state affect their health status. The power of our thoughts and our focus on either positive or negative can actually have a direct effect on both the physical and the psychosomatic.
Holistic healing means taking a "wholistic" approach to balance any imbalances in a “whole” person, i.e. body and mind, the physical and the mental. Holistic healing views the person as the sum of the parts instead of parts, which most medical doctors are guilty of practicing. Examples of holistic medicine are meditation, massage, aromatherapy, and reflexology (Vettese, Toneatto, Stea, Nguyen, & Wang, 2009; The Transcendental Meditation Program, 2012). The purpose of this paper will examine Transcendental Meditation (TM) as a method to improve the quality of health with a person’s with medical issues in the emergency room (ER).
As CEO of Middle field hospital I believe specific strategies need to be developed in order to improve the financial performance of the hospital. One of the problems at Middle field is competition from a nearby hospital. The nearby hospital that competes with Middlefield has opened a wellness center that offers a comprehensive array of preventative and wellness services to the community. This facility is attracting young families to seek services at this location. At Middlefield we have been relying on our reputation too much.
After the world war 2 there are major developments in many industries such as banking, government industries and etc… the service giving industries such as Travel and Tourism, hospitality, medical, health and beauty are becoming more and more popular among the people. Not like earlier people have money to spend and also they have time to travel. Also the aviation industry giving the strong service thru modern technology which is encouraging to people to travel more and more. When we consider about the British tourism, it is started with the pilgrimage. Traveling to holy place and worshiping the god is relief the pain and pressure of the people.