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At Downshall Primary School in Ilford, a new, innovative project has been launched that brings together a group of NELFT’s older adult patients with reception class children. The aim of the project is to provide structured activities between the older adults and the school’s pupils.
Bethlem Baking Buddies was a pilot series of six, two-hour Real Bread baking sessions for resident mental health care service users at Bethlem Royal Hospital, part of South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
It was run from 21 April to 26 May 2017 as part of the Campaign’s Together We Rise initiative, in association with Bethlem’s Occupational Therapy department and Sticky Mitts.
All of the five participants’ responses to weekly evaluation questions revealed baking that day made them feel happier, creative and a sense of achievement. In the majority of their responses, they also reported that baking had made them feel relaxed, a sense of purpose and less anxious.
Myplace is an exciting and innovative collaboration between Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust and The Lancashire Wildlife Trust and is funded by close to £1m in Big Lottery Funding that is administered by the national ‘Our Bright Future’ campaign for young people.
The Myplace project encourages young people aged 13 – 24 years old to explore the environment by offering opportunities to participate in eco-therapy based activities where they can develop new skills, increase their self-esteem, build resilience and improve their own self-confidence. By getting involved in activities outdoors young people can reduce their stress levels, prevent mental health problems and improve their concentration and mood.
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Matt Osborne, Health Improvement Specialist for the Healthy Living Service, came up with the idea. He said: “The aim of the photography health walks is to increase the physical activity of those on the wards, as well as encourage them to express their creative talents by using photography to interact with the environment. There is evidence that suggests there are health benefits to interacting with green spaces which can come from the physical aspect, social contact, or therapy and relaxation associated with being surrounded by nature.
Watsu means water shiatsu. It’s a unique type of therapy which involves immersing a person in warm water and, whilst they are held and supported by a therapist, they are gently moved around, stretched and massaged.
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the first organisation to offer Watsu in an inpatient mental health setting to service users on its Trinity 1 ward at Fieldhead in Wakefield.
Service data indicates that from a sample of 102 service users 80.4% had their families involved in their care.
In line with offering a combined healthy eating and physical activity programme the service is also piloting the Supporting Health and Promoting Exercise (SHAPE) physical health intervention programme, which uses the expertise of nutritionists, exercise physiologists and health trainers. It is a structured and intensive 12-week course with follow-up over 12 months, which includes a group educational programme and individually tailored exercises sessions.
A new Young Onset Dementia Awareness group, otherwise known as YODA, has been developed to help meet the needs of under 65’s recently diagnosed with dementia in the Sandwell area.
Running for ten sessions on alternative weeks to the Trust’s already established Younger Onset Dementia Support (YODS) group, YODA provides an opportunity for people to join the YODS group and help to provide a much needed robust service for this client group in particular.
Both groups are facilitated by occupational therapy staff and run alongside objectives offering people hope, connectedness, meaningful (occupation), empowerment and identity.
In this blog Kiri Quinn a senior mental health practitioner and Charlotte Jackson an occupational therapist talk about their experiences of working in the new care models programme and the changes that have been made through working in a newly formed multi-disciplinary team.
Four innovative schemes in another mental health trust, including using cartoons in LD (internet cartoon package), use of a board game to facilitate challenging discussions in dementia, therapeutic horse care and co-produced recovery courses for people with EUPD
Bird watching improves your mood. That’s according to patients at a Balby mental health unit – and it’s helped one Doncaster man so much he’s now volunteering with two wildlife charities.
The bird watching scheme at Doncaster Adult Mental Health Inpatient Unit in Balby, which is run by Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH), was started by former patient Jonny Gillespie and Senior Occupational Therapy (OT) Instructor Colin O’Neil.