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Health & Exercise January Issue
January 19, 2018
Holistic health center offers services for mind and body By SUE WEBBER Contributing Writer
As a two-time cancer survivor herself, Kathryn Cashman knows how important it is to have quality, convenient services available. “So many of us were looking for a place where the services would be all under one roof and would be coordinated for you,” Cashman said. “When you have cancer, you feel horrible, you have a gazillion appointments and you want to be well taken care of.” So Cashman, who has been a psychologist in the south metro area for 28 years, founded a center in 2011 that offers those integrated services. “I had great support, and I want other people to know what a difference it makes,” Cashman said. A licensed psychologist with more than 30 years of experience, Cashman is the CEO/ clinical director of Cashman Center in Burnsville, an integrative mental health center incorporating multiple modalities into each client’s individualized treatment. The center’s six-week “Living
Well with Cancer” program, be- and October. gun in 2014, is an integral part “Major benefits to people goof the center. Eight participants ing through chemotherapy and radiation are that it helps reduce pain, helps people sleep and eat better, and reduces anxiety and depression,” Cashman said. “Those are really huge benefits.” The sessions are led by Dr. Jamie Teunis, a doctoral-level mental health nurse practitioner, Cashman said. She incorporates spirituality, nutrition, and storytelling. “Dr. Teunis has a heart for people with cancer,” Cashman said. The group therapy gives participants ages 25-80 a chance to talk and share their experiences. “It’s great for senior citizens,” Cashman said. “They can take the bus; it’s covered by Medicare and they get great services.” Other therapies include acuKathryn Cashman, a licensed psypuncture, massage, Reiki and chologist, is the CEO/clinical director yoga. of Cashman Center in Burnsville, an “People have just reported integrative mental health center. such better health,” Cashman said. “One of our participants who have been referred by doc- said, ‘Western medicine saved tors, nurses or word of mouth, my life; Eastern medicine gave meet from 4 to 6:30 p.m. each me life.’” Tuesday for six weeks for group Another client said, “Attendtherapy, holistic therapy and ing the Living Well With Cancer small group sessions. Programs program was a breakthrough begin in February, May, August for me. This was an incredible
experience. Everything about this program was amazing. I especially appreciated being able to experience the variety of holistic services such as massage, acupuncture, BioMat, Reiki, personalized nutrition and aromatherapy. The group therapy helped me feel less alone and gave me more coping skills. Six weeks later and I still maintain the positive energy I received from this experience. I highly recommend the program.” The BioMat, according to its website, is “an FDA licensed medical device that combines state of the art Far Infrared light and Negative Ion technology with the healing power of Amethyst crystal.” . According to the internet, “Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by laying on hands, and is based on the idea that an unseen life force energy flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one’s life force energy is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy.” The Cashman Center does
It’s time to speak out against elder abuse Who would want to hurt a sweet little old lady? Or steal from a harmless old curmudgeon? Apparently, a lot of people do. According to the Minnesota Elder Justice Center, one in ten adults over 60 is a victim of elder abuse. Worse yet, a recent study sponsored by Allianz Insurance indicates an even higher incidence. The research found nearly one-third of elderly Americans have been vic-
timized by some form of financial fraud alone. “It’s clear that elder financial abuse is becoming more commonplace, and, it appears to be greater than we thought in scope and impact,” explained Allianz CEO Walter White.To make matters worse, the perpetrators of financial exploitation of senior citizens are often family members, friends or other trusted adults who have an existing on-
going relationship with the victim. What kind of society robs from its own grandmas and grandpas? The truth is we don’t know the full extent of physical, mental, emotional or financial elder abuse, because masses of cases go unreported and undetected. Many victims remain in denial, are too embarrassed or ashamed to admit their vulnerability, are afraid of retalia-
individual plans and testing for each of its clients, Cashman said. “We integrate holistic pieces into the treatment plan,” he said. “We’re unique in that way.” Cashman grew up with a mentally handicapped sister and said, “I always wanted to help others.” A graduate of the College of St. Benedict and St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, Cashman now has a blended family that includes six grown children and eight grandchildren. Dr. Jamie Teunis previously was a psychiatric/mental health registered nurse at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, a registered nurse at the University of Minnesota Medical Center Fairview, and a hematology/oncology registered nurse at the University of Chicago Medicine. She has a doctorate of nursing, psychiatric/mental health nurse/nursing from the University of Minnesota and a bachelor of science degree in nursing from Winona State University. Information: Cashman Center, 2970 Judicial Road, Burnsville, 952-224-8990, or cashmancentermn.com
In many ways, elder abuse is the new frontier for fraud in America. tion, or feel the subject is There are more older too personal and private adults living longer, with (family business) to go pubGuest column lic. Other barriers to reporting include ageism ... by Bob and excessive Ramsey false pride. This lack of reporting is allowing crimes against older people to become an “invisible epi- more money than ever before. And many are demic.”
physically, mentally or emotionally compromised. This makes seniors tempting targets for an assortment of abuses including scams, extortion, identity theft, physical or sexual assault, neglect, bullying, emotional abuse and, even, spiritual abuse. U n fo r t u n at e ly, where one form of abuse exists, there are usually
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