ElderHeal

14/08/2025

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Why Hearing Stimulation Matters 👂

• Keeps the Brain Active
Hearing sounds (especially familiar ones) stimulates the auditory pathways in the brain, keeping them engaged and slowing cognitive decline.

• Supports Emotional Memory
Music, voices, and sounds tied to positive memories can trigger emotional responses, helping people reconnect with their past and feel more grounded.

• Reduces Frustration and Isolation
When hearing is poor, people can feel left out, confused, or overwhelmed. Supporting hearing helps them stay involved, reducing emotional distress.

• Promotes Communication
Better hearing means better understanding—and that builds stronger conversations, even if verbal communication is limited.

• Improves Mood and Sleep
Familiar, calming sounds can lower anxiety and agitation, promoting relaxation and better sleep.

14/08/2025

Beautifully said. Thank you Daniela.🌸🙏

“Why don’t people hug us more as we get older?”

There are several emotional and societal reasons this happens—none of which make it right.

💔 Why it happens:

Ageism and invisibility

Older adults are often treated as if they are less in need of affection, touch, or connection. Society tends to focus on youth and overlooks the emotional needs of the elderly.

Fear of physical fragility
People might worry that a hug will hurt or overwhelm an older person, especially if they have mobility issues or frailty—even when a gentle hug is perfectly safe and welcome.

Discomfort with ageing
Some people avoid physical closeness with older adults because it reminds them of their own ageing or mortality. This fear is rarely acknowledged, but it’s real.

Loneliness and isolation
As people age, they may lose spouses, close friends, or even become estranged from family. Their social circles shrink, and so do their opportunities for affection.

Cultural or generational differences
Some older adults grew up in cultures or families where physical affection wasn’t common—so they may not initiate it, even if they deeply crave it.

💖 But here’s the truth:

Touch is healing.

A hug can say “I see you,” “I care,” and “You still matter.”

Whether it’s a hand on the shoulder, a warm embrace, or simply sitting close—affection remains essential at every age.

If you work in aged care or simply love someone older, don’t underestimate the power of a gentle hug. Sometimes, it's the most human thing we can offer.

08/08/2025

More touch please, for our elderly.
This is biology (too).

According to science, there's a natural decline in sensory perception as one ages - yes, healthy ageing too, in different degrees.

This includes touch sensation & perception of touch. The central nervous system changes with a healthy ageing brain, around 8th or 9th decade. There's a slowing down (whether that is super subtle in or strong) of processing of stimuli.

A down-regulation occurs in CNS processing of sensory perception - to and from the brain.

According to science, in the aged, they have diminished quantity of sensory axons, therefore, they need greater stimulus strength to recruit certain number of sensory axons (of which respond to stimulus like TOUCH).

Essentially, as your loved one ages, he/she needs even more (tactile) stimulation to be aware of the sensation!

In touch therapies:
Does this mean go harder?
Not necessarily.
Does this mean, make the treatments longer?
Not necessarily.
What is necessary is that the aged simply require more touch stimulus to have the sensation awareness that produces all those feel good chemicals & all the physiological benefits touch therapy can produce.

It means that a paradigm shift needs to happen here for the elderly - especially in aged care home where touch is not minimal, but non-existent. It means, that, with this knowledge, the practitioner is even more mindful, more intentional, more aware of not only the individual need for healing touch in a treatment, but it's literally biology.

Touch more. (they) Sense More. Heal deeper.

As their body is changing, down-regulating to an extent, less density of sensory receptors. less blood flow, less neural firing - it's even more critical to provide healing touch therapies for the touch deprived elderly.

Love,

Jenny 🕊️

🔗 https://jennyelenihealth.com/elderheal



P.S.
[I'm not one to subscribe to the doom and gloom, the fear and exaggeration of perils of ageing- I don't buy it. However, at some point, our body-suits will age - well or not well, fast or slow, up to the individual. This post is, rather, to highlight touch for elderly. 😊 ]
I digress!

19/07/2025

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"It was mum's fault!" 🧡 She’s the reason I do this!
Just in case you missed my story on how I specialised in this rewarding field: massagefordementia.co.uk/spread-dementia-awareness
To all my followers both old & new ... a warm welcome to you and a HUGE THANK YOU for supporting & following my work.
Your support helps build a society where dementia is met with understanding, not fear.

17/05/2025

This one can be a challenging one in manual therapies/ healing work.
To "see" the other as whole whilst the physical body is presenting quite the opposite can take practice.

The healer is there to bring out the healing that already lives in the body; to see wholeness, not sickness. The healee feels this.

See the other as whole, not broken.

Warmly,
Jenny

https://jennyelenihealth.com/elderheal

17/05/2025

For many, and for love and protection [though, misinformed] – we cautiously might keep our elderly out of the sun.
When in fact the older we get, the more sun exposure our bodies need! More skin, please! More sunshine, please! More, more more Light from divine Source, God, Universe to the body, give nutrients to the cells, give to the body.

We have been conditioned to fear the sun. Why would Creator have a dangerous sun? Of course, common sense is required with sun exposure - but for the most part, it is our free nourishment and 'food' Mother nature has gifted us.

Our elderly more than anyone need to expose as much skin as possible and sit in the sun.

Our bodies are filled with, light, sound, energy, electricity ⮕ requiring sunshine to thrive.

In addition to replenishing Vitamin D stores (which capacity diminishes with age), sunshine has a powerful effect on mood and emotional wellbeing.

As our elders might become less mobile, they may walk less, hence go outside less, or walk in nature less, and get much much less sunshine!

Sunshine is food for the body and for the Soul. Early morning sun exposure sets the circadian body clock right. But, really, any sun helps!

No hats. No sunscreen (toxic stuff!) and lots of skin, please. Whilst not burning or intense, some sunshine for our elderly can make the world of difference.

Warmly,
Jenny

https://jennyelenihealth.com/elderheal

16/05/2025

The very presence of you, just being with an elderly person, heals.
Being in your own frequency, or vibration of pure Self-love, just love ( = authenticity; honouring the Soul-you) is healing for others who are in your presence; for the elderly person, or loved one that is sitting right opposite you.

No matter how it looks, how ill, old, sad, lonely, in pain - the other person looks or feels: if you can maintain your high vibration– this is healing for that person. Their vibration will try to match yours. It's spiritual and quantum law.

When you are present and in your body, centred and grounded - that is healing. Your presence, grounded in authenticity and good intention becomes the resonance that expands out into the other person's energy field. Your presence will 'entrain' and cause the elderly person's resonance to try to match yours.
This is science, quantum science and spiritual truth.

So, when you are with your elderly loved on or client and through the filter of your eyes , he/she looks sad, or bleak, hopeless, in pain...keep your spirits and energy strong and high - because it influences and can change the other person's energy....which gives more health and wellness than you can imagine.

Presence and love-frequency in You, the healer - becomes the healing medicine for the healee.

Warmly,
Jenny

P.S. Join me in June for a 2-day workshop: ElderHeal. All details:
https://jennyelenihealth.com/elderheal

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31/03/2025

Most of have heard of the pervasive, highly innervated, connective tissue " fascia " if you're the slightest bit interested in the body and health!
It envelops everything in our body, and is everywhere to the tiniest miniscule cell. It's filled with nerves, lymph, blood and carries information, filled with water...oh so much to say. But, this post is not about fascia.

What I'd like to highlight here is that you don't have to massage or manipulate every inch of the body to affect the whole body; to affect the nervous system; to affect the entire back region in this case.

By applying gentle yet precise and very very intentional (in direction and force) manipulations over the posterior neck muscles, notably the sub-occipital group: you will affect (that is, calm down) the nervous system, activate proprioception, and affect the entire posterior line of muscles down the back and further in both directions.

I'm highlighting this because it's important to acknowledge that when you're treating the elderly and if in a seated position, you may feel that you are limited and you can only affect the upper back/neck a little bit with some massage.
Not the case! I will teach you some highly effective methods and manipulations that can ease their pain in the entire body (when done correctly), notably and especially in the back, neck, head/eyes, but not limited to.

Join me! Learn ElderHeal!
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ʚ Saturday 7 and 8 June 2025
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29/03/2025

The heart-centered healing approach is simple and profound.
It is a necessary ingredient for any kind of healing. It expands healing; it accelerates healing; it heals YOU too.

Of course, when we are treating someone who we are close to, and love dearly, our intention to help naturally comes from the heart, without even placing out intention consciously there.

But, what if, with every patient/client you had - talking about our elderly now - you simply connected with your own heart, with the knowing we are all connected in One consciousness, and allowed this energy to simply expand out and touch your client.

That's all.
Just the intent from the heart.
And then, let your skilled hands do their work with the techniques you're about to apply.

That's all.
In my ElderHeal course, we learn techniques, but we also higlight the importance of a heart-centered approach.

We are not machines. We are not body parts.
We are Souls with our body-suit. We are energy.
We are 99.999999999% empty space and whatever's left over - matter.

Heart intention practically does half the work!
For our elderly, this is the most important and profound and palpable part of the connection and the healing you are facilitating.

Join me!
ʚ ElderHeal Weekend Course this May!
ʚ Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 May 2025
ʚ Enrolments now open:
www.jennyelenihealth.com/elderheal
ʚ Email: hello@jennyelenihealth.com

ʚ Get newsletter about what I do, teach and share about healing: https://bit.ly/3N5rB0H
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28/03/2025

When we connect with our body, when we connect our mind with our body, going inward, feeling...really feeling our body, the sensations, the warmth, the touch, the comfort: healing becomes easier.

It is disconnect from ourselves that manifests often into non-health.
And our elderly - especially in aged care homes - are often isolated, lonely and feel totally disconnected from not only others, but from their selves.

Through healing touch, we can help their mind-body connection.
Through not only touch therapies, but also (you'll learn in ElderHeal) through energy medicine, and spiritual practices and philosophy, our elders will be able to feel supported, connected to their bodies, feel the consciousness that permeates their entire being - through your holistic healing therapies.

I'm committed to making massage techniques and touch therapies for the elderly, HOLISTIC, MEANINGFUL, SPIRITUAL as well as REMEDIAL.
I'm committed to changing our paradigm and 'norm' in how the elderly are cared for (pills, more pills and more pills and sugary foods and isolation)
I'm committed to teaching you a different way through the holistic healing practices.

Join me in the upcoming course.

ʚ ElderHeal Weekend Course this May!
ʚ Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 May 2025
ʚ Enrolments now open:
www.jennyelenihealth.com/elderheal
ʚ Email: hello@jennyelenihealth.com

ʚ Get newsletter about what I do, teach and share about healing: https://bit.ly/3N5rB0H
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27/03/2025

𓂩 Introducing, the hands!
It is with our hands we take a hold on life!
It is with our hands we give and we receive...LOVE.
Through the hands in touch therapies - we can stimulate acupressure points which correspond to the body.
We stimulate Qi.
We stimulate neural receptors.
We stimulate reciprocal body areas.
Massaging the hands invites trust, connection and comfort.
Though working on the hands, we can:
Improve proprioception, inflammation, mobility, ease joint pain, hypertonia..

The hands need to get healing attention!
And they do, in my weekend ElderHeal course.

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𓂩 Applying therapeutic touch techniques on the hands can be comforting, nurturing and very personal, inviting much trust and connection.

The hands is also where the elderly begin to lose their fine motor skills, by way of simply not using them as much, perhaps they have inflammation, stiffness, tingling, rigidity, weakness...and so on.

𓂩 Not moving their body creates stagnation; a bit of pooling of blood and lymph in the extremities. (especially the feet).

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𓂩 Working on the hands is incredibly, powerfully healing. We can use various techniques, from acupressure, to Bowen Therapy, Reflexology, and some remedial mobilisation techniques.

ʚ ElderHeal Weekend Course coming up this May!
ʚ Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 May 2025
ʚ Enrolments now open:
www.jennyelenihealth.com/elderheal

ʚ Email: hello@jennyelenihealth.com
ʚ Get newsletter about what I do, teach and share about healing: https://bit.ly/3N5rB0H
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26/03/2025

Whilst I worked in palliative care some years way back at the women's hospital in Melbourne - I treated many patients whilst they were laying in their bed. For some, I treated their feet (reflexology) as they were seated in the chemo room (receiving their chemotherapy).

It was a humbling, and deeply enriching experience, and as all massage therapists who might work in hospitals, hospices etc. they learn to somehow adjust their body - or contort their body! - to apply their healing techniques for their patients in their bed.

Many times it is possible and perfectly appropriate to do your work whilst the patient is seated in their armchair or wheelchair/recliner. Of course, even those who are usually lying down, will sit up at some stage and staff can help them in their armchairs.

In aged care, so many of the residents are seated. So many of the residents are mobility impaired, weak, non-ambulant, or partly ambulant and cannot stand/walk without an aid. This is also at home - though if they are at home, they usually maintain some independence. But seated comfortably in their armchair is often their preferred comfy position!

For all the above reasons and more - I have made ElderHeal to focus on giving holistic healing techniques whilst the patient/client is seated.
It is not a compromise. You will be amazed at the whole-body healing this achieves!
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ʚ ElderHeal Weekend Course!
ʚ Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 May 2025
ʚ Enrolments now open:
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ʚ Email: hello@jennyelenihealth.com
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