HealthCare Clowning Resources
Healthcare clowns focus on humor and play to stimulate the mind and boost morale, complimenting today's medical practice, to give patients complete care. Studies have shown time and again that healthcare clowns are effective in the healing process: easing stress, increasing endorphins, boosting the immune system, and assisting in improving patient-doctor communication. Prescription Joy is an organization that brings the therapeutic work of healthcare clowns into hospitals in New Orleans; our goal is to make the service available to all patients in the city, and beyond.
Healthcare clowning has been a part of the healing community for many years, in many parts of the world, and has been proven time and again to be beneficial for both patients and their caretakers.
The North American Federation of Healthcare Clowns, NAFHCO is a collection of Healthcare Clowning organizations:
Below are some other organizations:
Literature and benefits of Healthcare clowning:
Benefits of Medical Clowning: A Summary of Research