CLOWN DOCTOR WORK

Lainey trained and worked as a Clown Doctor with The Humour Foundation, in Perth Children's Hospital and Fiona Stanley Hospital, from 2021-2025 as 'Dr. Scallywag'. She went on to facilitate professional development workshops for Perth-based Medical Doctors on behalf of the organisation, as well as in-house workshops on Solo Clowning at the 2024 National Conference. 

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Further information about the work of The Humour Foundation and details to donate available here.

 

Clown Doctors™ is The Humour Foundation’s flagship program – bringing the many benefits of laughter where it is unexpected, yet most needed. Their highly skilled teams work in partnership with medical and healthcare professionals to alleviate stress and social isolation, improving outcomes in what is often a stressful, unfamiliar environment.

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Their professional performers are trained in the nuances of working in sensitive environments, such as hospitals. They work to divert children and young people during painful procedures, help calm and distract in emergency department settings, encourage positivity and resilience during physio and occupational therapy, and generally improve outcomes in what is often a stressful, unfamiliar environment.

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As well as visiting paediatric and neo-natal intensive care units, Clown Doctors also work in accident and emergency departments, waiting areas, adolescent mental health, and various clinics, including burns, fractures, and oncology.

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International research and studies continue to prove the numerous physiological and psychological benefits of laughter to health and wellbeing. Humour is an effective coping strategy, relieving fear, stress and pain, and has positive effects on the cardiovascular, immune and respiratory systems.