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James Preston, 70, a patient in hospice care for kidney cancer, stares at his dogs running around the house and holds most of his thoughts to himself at his house in The Plains.

Robert Lockheed visits with Mary Peusecker, 96, in Chauncey for a Trager® Session. Mary has dementia and recieves these massages to relieve pain on a weekly basis.

Robert Lockheed gives James Preston a Trager® Session at his home in The Plains. This massage involves motion and movement to relieve pain in the patient.

Credits

Producer: Christina Paolucci
Photography: Dustin Finkelstein, Dan Krauss
Audio, editing: Annie Agnone, Dustin Finkelstein
Music: “unearth” performed by The Jarts

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Comforting the Dying

Robert Lockheed, 56, is a Trager® Practitioner — a method of incorporating touch and movement — travels around the Athens area giving treatment to patients in hospice care through Appalachian Health Care.