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Red Nose Gala Dinner - $300 per person $2,850 table for 10 Patch Adams, M.D., founder of the Gesundheit Institute, is a doctor, clown, activist for peace, justice, and care for all people, and lifelong reader of Communities magazine (since its birth in 1972). Joy of Caring Luncheon - $200 per person $1,900 table for 10 discusses his 30+ years of healthcare and clowning experience. In this funny and inspirational lecture, Dr. Attire: Business casual red is recommended.Įnjoy a presentation examining the relationship between humor and the health of the individual, community and society.
The focus of this presentation is on the magic and power of care, not only in the patient’s life, but also in the caregiver’s life. Adams, featuring dialogue exploring burnout prevention for healthcare staff and at-home caregivers. This luncheon will include an inspirational talk by Dr.
This walk is free to attend, though RSVPs are recommended. The first 100 walkers get a free T-shirt. Adams as he leads walkers across the Big Four Bridge to raise health literacy awareness and increase compassion in healthcare. Meet at Big Four Station Park, 304 Mulberry St., Jeffersonville, Ind. Patch Adams will be in Louisville next Friday, June 15, for three events throughout the day. His presentation centers on compassion, wellness, humor and joy when providing patient care.ĭr. Each year he organizes volunteers to travel to countries and bring humor to orphans, patients and all people. Hunter "Patch" Adams is an MD, comedian, social activist, clown, author and founder of the Gesundheit Institute in 1971.
Patch Adams to Louisville for three events in one day! The legendary Dr. Having read the book, it is obvious to me that his way of practicing medicine is not only better for the patient, it is also better for the medical staff (who suffer hard from burnout today) and (incredibly) more efficient and cheaper than todays bloated health care system.My Health E is excited to welcome Dr. Patch is still working to raise the funds that will allow him to build the institute, and I’m simply flabbergasted that he hasn’t yet succeeded. She and I played an joked and enjoyed her life away.” Her pain was not in the dying but in the loneliness of being a person others could not bear to see. Most people found it difficult to be with her because of her appearance. * On loneliness: “I remember an eleven-year old girl who had a huge bony tumor of the face with one eye floating out in the mass. * Patch on greed: “Greed is one of society’s worst malignancies, and it appears to have metastasized to every corner of the earth… Certainly one of greeds most devastating symptoms is cynicism… We believe that a society must care for its population enough to take care of its need.” While he gets treated, the family can enjoy the nature and generally have fun. The treatment would consist of he and his family staying at the institute for a week or ten days. * A description of a hypothetical patient og the Gesundheit Institute, a 37 year old man with an ulcer. Why does dying need to be an unpleasant experience? Sure you want to postpone it as long as possible, but is it impossible to create an environment in which dying is as much a part of life as everything else, and is appreciated as such? Patch writes at one point that “Dying is that process a few minutes before death when the brain is deprived of oxygen everything else is living”. Some parts of the book that really stuck in my mind are:
The interview would cover symptoms and medical history but would also include talking about the persons hopes and dreams, spirituality, upbringing and much more. For example, when a new patient arrived, rather than conducting an interview in an office, Patch would take that person fishing or for a walk in the woods, depending on what that patient enjoys doing. This is hardly a new notion, but it is certainly waaaay different from how medicine is practiced in most places today. Patch Adams is mostly known for introducing humour in the treatment of his patients, but this book reveals that his philosophy goes way beyond that.
I saw the movie Patch Adams starring Robin Williams a while ago, but I never realized that there was a real doctor by that name, striving to create a totally revolutionary hospital – the Gesundheit Institute. I just finished reading Gesundheit! by Patch Adams, and it left me totally high.