MediClowning

Mediclowning is a new therapy involving clowns.

This involves the clowns engaging with patients to relieve anxiety that comes with a hospital experience and promote optimism in grim wards.

BENEFITS of mediclowning

It benefits patients
                 medical ,dental professionals and other healthcare professionals.
                 geriatric patients
                 children

PATIENTS: THE FOLLOWING BENEFITS ARE EXPERIENCED:

• Reduces  pain and stress.
• Strengthens  immune system.
• Reduces the fear of the unknown.
• Channels nervous energy or built up tension into healthy expression.
• Relief of fear anxiety and apprehension.
• Humanizes challenging medical environments and interventions.
• Allowing patients to express their unpleasant feelings in a healthy way.
• Interrupts blocked patterns that may be interfering with the healing.
• Improves the communication between the patient and staff.
• Greater patient compliance in taking medications
• Assists medical staff to perform examinations and procedures.

CHILDREN

• Helps children to cope better with their medical condition.
• Lowers anxiety during medical procedures.
• Provides children with a sense of control in a helpless situation.
• Changes role perception between medical staff and patient.
• Allows children to be children and to play despite their condition.
• Encourages greater willingness to take their medication.
• Reduces stress and fear during medical forensic examinations in sexual abuse cases.

GERIATRIC PATIENTS

• Reconnecting and grounding dementia patients with their current surroundings.
• Improve communication with staff.
• Brings back a sense of humor into difficult life and health conditions.
• Medi Clowning is a powerful and complementary addition for chronic and degenerative conditions like dementia, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and cancer.
• Nursing staff report that Medi Clowning contributes to the reduction of patients’ aggressive behavior in nursing homes and enhances a more positive and happier attitude towards life.