# Hospice Massage Therapist

**Company:** [Phoenix Home Care and Hospice](http://jobs.workable.com/companies/6gn2uPeZpo3nKoxW2wpAyJ.md)
**Location:** Springfield, United States
**Workplace:** on site
**Employment type:** Contract
**Department:** Hospice

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## Description

-   **Pay Per Visit**
-   **Springfield, MO and surrounding areas**

The role of a hospice massage therapist is to be a healing and calming presence. A massage session can simply provide a space for the client to relax while processing their emotions and experience. Hospice massage can ease physical discomforts, as well as enhance the client’s quality of life in a palliative care setting.

**Benefits of Hospice Massage**

Dealing with a terminal illness can be emotionally overwhelming, both for the client and for their loved ones. Ideally, hospice massage therapy can help bring a sense of peace and calm while reducing anxiety. The benefits of palliative massage include:

-   Calming the autonomic nervous system and reducing anxiety
-   Alleviating soreness and relaxing stiff muscles
-   Helping mitigate the side effects of medications
-   Helping the client enter a state of deep relaxation
-   Reducing pain, swelling, and inflammation
-   Improving circulation
-   Decreasing nausea
-   Facilitating restful sleep

Some practitioners may also offer massage therapy services to the loved ones of someone in hospice care. Recognizing that caregiving can take a physical and emotional toll on the body, offering massage therapy to these individuals can help improve their mental, physical, and emotional well-being.

**Requirements**

-   Valid Massage Therapy License.
-   CPR Certification
-   Valid driver’s license and auto liability insurance.

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