Friday, April 1, 2011

FOUR SEASONS OFFERS NEW COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE PROGRAM

Chris Comeaux, president and CEO of Four Seasons, announced today that Brenda Charbonneau RN, BSN, UZIT has been named CAM RN practitioner for the new Four Seasons Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) program. This program offers a variety of gentle, comforting therapies that either complement or serve as an alternative to conventional medical therapies.
Charbonneau joined Four Seasons in 2006 as a RN case manager working in various settings, including nursing home, ALF, home care, and local hospitals. In 2009, she completed Donna Karan’s Urban Zen Integrative Therapist (UZIT) program in New York City. The 12-month 500-hour advanced UZIT certification program consists of yoga therapy: (including in-bed, w/c yoga postures and movements, restorative poses, breath awareness, and meditation), aromatherapy to help reduce symptoms and promote healing, reiki, current theories and practices on holistic nutrition, and education into the subject of death and dying. Charbonneau will address key patient symptoms of PANIC- Pain, Anxiety, Nausea, Insomnia, Constipation, and Confusion. Charbonneau’s focus includes not only assisting in patient care, but educating and instructing self-care techniques for caregivers and clinicians. Charbonneau is currently a member of the Holistic Nursing Association.
For information on the CAM program, please call Four Seasons at 828-692-6178.

Four Seasons is one of the most respected end-of-life care specialists in the country, serving Henderson, Buncombe, Macon, Jackson and Transylvania Counties. Four Seasons focuses exclusively on serving people who are facing a serious life-limiting illness through their last few years and months.