Hospitals Prescribed Humor to Patients

Hospitals are improving patients’ well-being and attitude toward recovery with humor. Clowns, funny movies, a humor channel, and staff training are finding their ways to the hospital stage to entertain patients.
By: Society of Certified Senior Advirsors
 
Oct. 7, 2011 - PRLog -- The Society of Certified Senior Advisors has released a new article that discusses a rather unconventional method hospitals are treating patients with: comedy. Studies support the physiological changes that occur when humor is part of a treatment regimen. Patient stories continue to surface about how therapeutic humor positively changed the patient’s attitude and physical health. Treating patients with a dose of humor has begun to take a strong foothold at hospitals as they set up humor programs and provide their patients with funny books, movies and live entertainment.  

Excerpts from article:

Humor – an antidote to stress

Just as laughter can help people heal and feel better, the opposite can happen when faced with stressful situations. The human body will take on the stress of changes, challenges, and obstacles from daily living. The results can actually be physical pain, a weakened immune system, a compromised diet, and a decrease in activity level, to name some.

Therefore, it can be extremely beneficial to introduce comedy into a daily routine because approaching life with humor produces physical, mental, and social benefits for the human body (www.familydoctor.org):

Benefits of Laughter:

Physical                                             Mental                                           Social  

•Improves cardiovascular              •Improves Brain Functions        •Makes us feel good
health                                                 •Improves disposition                •Helps avoid loneliness
•Improves blood pressure             •Releases pent-up feelings      •Changes behavior      
•Reduces pain                                   of anger and frustration            •Enhances ability to
•Lowers blood pressure                 •Reduces tension                        affiliate or connect with
•Enhances immune system          •Lowers anxiety                             others
•Decreases stress hormones      •Increases energy                       •Increases muscle
                                                                                                                     relaxation

This press release contains only small excerpts from its original source. To read the full length of, Hospitals Prescribed Humor to Patients, visit our Healthcare Library at  www.csa.us/HealthcareLibrary.

The Society of Certified Senior Advisors (SCSA), provides free resources and tools for our members as an ongoing commitment that we have in helping professionals to understand the complex and dynamic lives of modern senior citizens.

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SCSA’s mission is to educate professionals to work more effectively with their senior clients. For those who work with seniors, this means understanding the key health, social and financial factors that are important to seniors—and how these factors work together. For more information about SCSA and its educational course, please visit www.csa.us.

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