HEARTS2HEEL provides on-site, and in-home massage services to the medically fragile and elderly population,
focusing on those clients facing End of Life.
Therapeutic massage services may include gentle or healing touch, energy work and/or massage.
These services may be provided to the client, at the bedside, on a massage table, or sitting up in a chair.
The client may live at home, or reside in a Nursing home, rehabilitative center, assisted living facility, or hospital.
Massage can offer a wide variety of benefits for the aging adult, someone who may be sick or dying,
or someone with chronic health issues.

HEARTS2HEEL is owned by
Marcella L. Konkiel, RN, LMT. She is both a Registered Nurse and Licensed Massage Therapist. She has worked as a Nurse since 1995, and for the past 5 years has provided massage services to the
Chesapeake Bay community.

She graduated in 2006 from Anne Arundel Community College, from their Therapeutic Massage program. She is currently employed as Adjunct Faculty in their
Continuing Education program.

 Marcella is additionally employed as a Registered Nurse, here on the Eastern Shore.
She has worked in the past with Hospice of Queen Anne's, as an R.N., and currently volunteers her massage services at their Hospice Center, located in Centreville, MD.

Marcella is a Nationally Certified
massage therapist
 and a Licensed Massage Therapist by the State of Maryland. Her skills and knowledge can offer a variety of benefits to the massage client.

Massage for the aging adult, or for someone facing a terminal illness, can help promote quality of life, decrease pain, and enhance well being. 
Gentle touch is often a soothing and relaxing option for the elderly client or the individual facing end of life. 
Massage can assist clients that are near death, by easing anxiety and providing comfort. 





Massage and gentle touch can often help alleviate lonliness, and feelings of isolation for the elderly client. 
There are many benefits of massage for the aging client. Administering touch to the elderly can also increase appetites, decrease the need for pain medications, calm agitated states, promote restful sleep, and decrease post-surgical recovery. (Nelson, Dawn. From the Heart, Through the Hands, Scotland: Findhorn Press, 2001:20)