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Therapeutic Activities is a constant battle between just entertaining and actually providing Therapeutic Stimulus.
This means that there needs to be NEW Ideas, Games, Crafts, Reminiscing, Visual and Audio with almost every session. In some cases due to physical impairments, one session alone may need to be split slightly differently to compensate.
I and many of the other Activity Providers have constantly battled to supply Activities which are fresh and at the same time can meet the budget of either the Activity provider or the homes, depending on how the activities are funded.
I have been constantly searching for new activities, crafts, games etc and have now come up with a range of items which can help anyone working as an Activity Provider, and beyond.
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Residential Care Homes Torquay, Torbay Devon : Activity Provisions
We provide many activities for Residential, Care and Nursing homes in the Devon area.
When looking at activities in Residential Care homes, our staff initialy provide a mix of games, quizzes, physical activities, music and sensory activities.
Getting to know residents is a very important part of our job and we gain as much information as we can from the residents as we do from the carer's.
We understand that the buisness of providing care goes well beyound just sitting and chatting and in many homes there is little time for carers to obtain individual notes.
As our staff get to know your residents, they enter something about them on the activity sheet. It may be something they did that day or it maybe something gained from their past whilst providing reminiscing.
This then builds a portfolio of information that the staff can use and you as a home can build on.
Selected Extracts from 'North West Dementia Care'
Providing Activities for residents in care homes
Activity is important to us all
Everyone has an inbuilt need to participate in
activity and what we do makes us who we are.
Engaging in a balance of self-care, work and
play activities is essential to our physical and
mental well-being and thereby, our quality of
life. People with dementia are no exception -
but dementia inevitably affects the ability to
'do'.
How to select appropriate activities
The main considerations when selecting and
presenting activities are knowing the person
and analysing the activity. It is vital to
'match' the person's level of ability and interest
with a meaningful activity of the correct degree
of challenge. Confronting a resident with an
activity that they no longer have the ability to
complete, or have no interest in, is doomed to
fail and can leave both staff and resident
feeling defeated and frustrated. Conversely
offering an activity that is too easy can be
seen as boring, or even patronising.