activity and well being services - open objects software ltd · to the directory for the activity...
TRANSCRIPT
Activity and Well Being
Services
Activity Directory
Pag
e2
Contents Page number
1. Introduction 3
2. Interest checklist 5
3. Grading and adapting of activities 7
4. Creative activities 8 • Painting 9 • Sewing 10 • Singing 11 • Making music 12 • Writing 13 • Knitting 14 • Origami 15 • Card Making 16 • Decoupage 17 • Collages/murals 18 • Seasonal artistic activities 19
5. Games 20 • Board games 21 • Playing cards 22 • Group games 23 • Sport 25
6. Cooking/Baking 26 • Meal Planning 27 • Budgeting 28 • Shopping 29 • Cooking 30 • Baking 31 • Food sessions 32
7. Self-care activities 33 • Grooming 34 • Dressing 35 • Oral hygiene 36 • Bathing/showering 37 • Feeding and eating 38
8. Leisure pursuits 39 • Gardening 40 • Listening to music 41 • Cinema club 42 • Social outings 43 • Horse-riding 44 • Computer classes 45
9. Health and fitness 46 • Walking groups 47 • Swimming/hydrotherapy 48 • Chair based activities 49
10. Educational 50 • Speech’s/lectures 51 • Adult learning courses 52
11. Health promotion 53 • Cognitive stimulation therapy 54 • Falls prevention 55
12. Contact points 56
Pag
e3
Welcome to the directory for the activity and well-being services.
An important health goal for all people is to maintain their ability to live independently
and to function well.
In the literature on health and wellbeing, concepts such as 'active aging' and
'successful aging' show that 'doing' activities is closely related to security and
welfare. The literature also demonstrates that being active is an important factor in
managing life and coping with the challenges related to living.
It therefore appears that activities have many purposes for adults, meeting needs for
inclusion, identity, and roles in life. From this it can be seen that there is a link
between engagement in meaningful activity and well-being which relates to the
needs of people who have reduced function and this is considered to be central in
promoting and maintaining health.
As a result of engagement with activities there is the potential to: enhance quality of
life, promote strengths, reduce rates of cognitive decline, enhance relationships and
communications, draw on interests and enhance self-esteem.
These services provide opportunities to older people or those with a primary
diagnosis of learning disability giving them openings to be involved in pursuits which
promote well-being through the use of purposeful outcome focused activities.
These activities which are client centred provide an opportunity for the client to
improve or maintain their functional status whilst also preventing a reduction in
performance across the physical, psychological, cognitive and perceptual domains.
Pag
e4
This directory explores the current activities provided by the activity and well-being services. If service users have a particular interest that they would like to try that isn’t shown here then they need to speak to a member of staff who will then raise this as a development opportunity and it will be explored. Not all of the activities are offered at each service centre so please contact the staff listed on the back page for advice. Each page gives a brief description of the pursuit provided; the general aims of completing the activity and the potential broad benefits to the client. The interest check list provided over the page will help Identify the activities that might be of interest to the service user and with this and the activity descriptions the practitioner should be able to explore the potential benefits to the service user. Each service user will also gain personal benefits from each activity and these can be identified with them through the use of the following headings.
Sensory Motor Activities of daily living
Tactile Gross coordination Grooming
Auditory Motor control Oral hygiene
Visual Fine coordination Bathing/showering
Balance Cognition Personal device care
Smell Orientation Dressing
Taste Attention Feeding and eating
Perception Memory Medication routine
Body scheme Health maintenance
Right - left discrimination
Environment Socialisation
Visual discrimination Social Communication
Depth perception Physical Home management
Pain response Clothing care
Figure ground Social participation Cleaning
Neuromusculoskeletal Friends/family Meal preparation
Range of movement Community Shopping
Muscle tone Money management
Strength Leisure Household maintenance
Endurance Identifying leisure activities
Safety/Fall prevention
Postural control Planning and participating in leisure activities
Care of others
Postural alignment Educational activities
Pag
e5
Interest Check list
Activity
Degree of interest
Like
OK
Don’t Like
Want to try
1. Creative Activities
Painting
Sewing
Singing
Making music
Writing – letters/poems/stories
Knitting
Origami/ Paper folding
Card making
Decoupage
Collages/Murals
Seasonal artistic activities
2. Games
Board games
Playing cards
Group games
Computer games
Sport
3. Cooking/Baking
Meal planning
Budgeting
Shopping
Cooking
Baking
Food sessions
4. Self-care activities
Grooming
Dressing
Oral Hygiene
Bathing/showering
Feeding and eating
Pag
e6
Activity
Degree of interest
Like
OK
Don’t Like
Want to try
5. Leisure pursuits
Gardening
Listening to music
Cinema club
Social outings
Horse riding
Computer classes
6. Health and fitness
Walking groups
Swimming/Hydrotherapy
Chair based exercises
7. Educational
Lectures/Speech’s
Adult learning courses
8. Health Promotion
Cognitive stimulation therapy
Falls prevention
9. Specialist services
Sensory room
Passive movement
Additional interests
Pag
e7
Grading and adapting
Each activity can be graded and adapted on an individual basis to assist the service
user’s engagement in the activity in the following areas:
1. Activity sequence – the order in which the activity is completed.
2. Activity duration – the length of time the activity is carried out for.
3. Working position – Completed in standing or seated etc.
4. Equipment used
Position
Shape
Size
Weight
Texture
5. Materials used
Size
Shape
Weight
Texture
6. Degree of social contact – group or individual
7. Use of cues
Tactile
Visual
Verbal
8. Environment
Organisation
9. Satisfaction of service user
Enhancement of the activity
Quality of life
10. Balance of the outcome of the activity
Enhancement of the activity
Quality of life
Pag
e8
Creative Activities
Pag
e9
Activity Name: Painting
Description
The creation of a beautiful or significant item that may or may not have an artistic composition which is made by applying paints to a surface but will create an artistic affect.
Techniques
Acrylic Water colour Pen painting Crayons Chalks Sponge painting Graffiti
Glass painting Potato Printing Digital art Sketching Stone painting Etc.
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by:
Improve personal well-being
Develop or improve motor skills
Increase and enhance sensory skills
Widen the opportunities to increase social skills
Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills
To promote psychological health
Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit
Ensure that the activity is enjoyable to the service user
Potential Benefits
Fosters a significant increase in: Calmness Sociability Physical activity Mental acuity Self Esteem Impacts on quality of life
Pag
e10
Activity Name: Sewing
Description
Working with a needle and thread or sewing machine to produce an item of clothing, accessory or three dimensional object
Techniques
Basic hand sewing Cross stitch Embroidery
Tapestry Quilting Applique
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by:
Improve personal well-being
Develop or improve motor skills
Increase and enhance sensory skills
Widen the opportunities to increase social skills
Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills
To promote psychological health
Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit
Ensure that the activity is enjoyable to the service user
Potential Benefits
Fosters a significant increase in: Calmness Social relationships Physical activity Mental acuity Self Esteem Impacts on quality of life Constructive use of leisure time Motivation Task completion
Pag
e11
Activity Name: Singing
Description
The act of producing musical sounds with the voice with or without accompaniment either as individual or as a group.
Techniques
Karaoke Different musical genres Blues Country Jazz
Contemporary Reggae Rock Choir Pop etc.
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by:
Improve personal well-being
Develop or improve motor skills
Increase and enhance sensory skills
Create the opportunity for positive , successful and pleasurable social experiences
Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills
To promote psychological health
Facilitate creative expression
Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit
Ensure that the activity is enjoyable to the service user
Potential Benefits
Fosters a significant increase in: Calmness Social relationships Physical activity Mental acuity Self Esteem Impacts on quality of life Constructive use of leisure time Motivation Task completion Reminiscence/ Orientation
Pag
e12
Activity Name: Making music
Description
Playing or making music – an art form whose medium is sound, includes performance and may or may not be organised.
Techniques
Different musical genres Blues Country Jazz
Contemporary Reggae Rock Choir Pop etc.
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by: • Improve personal well-being • Develop or improve motor skills • Increase and enhance sensory skills • Create the opportunity for positive , successful and pleasurable social experiences • Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills • To promote psychological health • Facilitate creative expression • Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit • Ensure that the activity is enjoyable to the service user
Potential Benefits
Fosters a significant increase in: Calmness Social relationships Physical activity Mental acuity Self Esteem Impacts on quality of life Constructive use of leisure time Motivation Task completion Reminiscence/ Orientation
Pag
e13
Activity Name: Writing – Letters/poems/stories
Description
Writing is a medium of human communication that represents language through the inscription or recording of signs and symbols.
Techniques
Descriptive Narrative Persuasive Letter Poem
Story Life story Calligraphy Use of Information technology Journal writing
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by:
Improve personal well-being
Develop or improve motor skills
Increase and enhance sensory skills
Create the opportunity for positive , successful and pleasurable social
experiences
Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills
To promote psychological health
Facilitate creative expression
Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit
Ensure that the activity is enjoyable to the service user
Potential Benefits
Fosters a significant increase in: Calmness Social relationships Physical activity Mental acuity Self Esteem Impacts on quality of life Constructive use of leisure time Motivation Task completion Reminiscence/ Orientation
Pag
e14
Activity Name: Knitting
Description
To make (a fabric or garment) by intertwining yarn or thread in a series of connected loops either by hand, with knitting needles, or on a machine.
Techniques
Cabling Garter stich Basket stich
Stockinet stitch Rib stitch Knit and purl
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by:
Improve personal well-being
Develop or improve motor skills
Increase and enhance sensory skills
Create the opportunity for positive , successful and pleasurable social
experiences
Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills
To promote psychological health
Facilitate creative expression
Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit
Ensure that the activity is enjoyable to the service user
Potential Benefits
Fosters a significant increase in: Calmness Social relationships Physical activity Mental acuity Self Esteem Impacts on quality of life Constructive use of leisure time Motivation Task completion Reminiscence/ Orientation
Pag
e15
Activity Name: Origami/ Paper folding
Description
The traditional Japanese art or technique of folding paper into a variety of decorative or representational forms, as of animals or flowers.
Techniques
Action origami Origami quilts Candy wrapper origami Strip folding
Animals Birds Box etc.
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by:
Improve personal well-being
Develop or improve motor skills – particularly hand skills
Increase and enhance sensory skills
Create the opportunity for positive , successful and pleasurable social
experiences
Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills
To promote psychological health
Facilitate creative expression
Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit
Ensure that the activity is enjoyable to the service user
Potential Benefits
Fosters a significant increase in: Calmness Social relationships Physical activity Mental acuity Self Esteem Impacts on quality of life Constructive use of leisure time Motivation Task completion Reminiscence/ Orientation
Pag
e16
Activity Name: Card Making
Description
The craft of hand making greeting cards
Techniques
Decorate own paper Stencilling Stamping Punching 3D cards
Piercing Embossing Glitter Foils Gilding
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by:
Improve personal well-being
Develop or improve motor skills
Increase and enhance sensory skills
Create the opportunity for positive , successful and pleasurable social
experiences
Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills
To promote psychological health
Facilitate creative expression
Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit
Ensure that the activity is enjoyable to the service user
Potential Benefits
Fosters a significant increase in: Calmness Social relationships Physical activity Mental acuity Self Esteem Impacts on quality of life Constructive use of leisure time Motivation Task completion Reminiscence/ Orientation
Pag
e17
Activity Name: Decoupage
Description
Is the art of decorating an object by gluing coloured paper cut-outs onto it in combination with special paint effects, gold leaf and so on. Commonly an object like a small box is covered by cut-outs from magazines or from purpose-manufactured papers. Each layer is sealed with varnishes until the "stuck on" appearance disappears and the result looks like painting or inlay work.
Techniques
Boxes Jewellery Christmas decorations Easter decorations Etc.
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by:
Improve personal well-being
Develop or improve motor skills
Increase and enhance sensory skills
Create the opportunity for positive , successful and pleasurable social
experiences
Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills
To promote psychological health
Facilitate creative expression
Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit
Ensure that the activity is enjoyable to the service user
Potential Benefits
Fosters a significant increase in: Calmness Social relationships Physical activity Mental acuity Self Esteem Impacts on quality of life Constructive use of leisure time Motivation Task completion Reminiscence/ Orientation
Pag
e18
Activity Name: Collages/Murals
Description
Is a technique of an art production, primarily used in the visual arts, where the artwork is made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. A collage may sometimes include magazine and newspaper clippings, ribbons, paint, bits of coloured or handmade papers, portions of other artwork or texts, photographs and other found objects, glued to a piece of paper or canvas.
Techniques
Painted collages 3D Collages Wood collages
Photomontage Mosaics
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by:
Improve personal well-being
Develop or improve motor skills
Increase and enhance sensory skills
Create the opportunity for positive , successful and pleasurable social
experiences
Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills
To promote psychological health
Facilitate creative expression
Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit
Ensure that the activity is enjoyable to the service user
Potential Benefits
Fosters a significant increase in: Calmness Social relationships Physical activity Mental acuity Self Esteem Impacts on quality of life Constructive use of leisure time Motivation Task completion Reminiscence/ Orientation
Pag
e19
Activity Name: Seasonal artistic activities
Description
These activities can use a mixture of the above techniques to generate an item that relates to the time of year or events that are occurring in the world.
Activities
Easter bonnet making Grand national jockeys/horse etc. Christmas decorations
Olympic medals World cup flags St Patricks Day Etc.
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by:
Improve personal well-being
Develop or improve motor skills
Increase and enhance sensory skills
Create the opportunity for positive , successful and pleasurable social
experiences
Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills
To promote psychological health
Facilitate creative expression
Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit
Ensure that the activity is enjoyable to the service user
Provide opportunities for Orientation/Reminiscence
Potential Benefits
Fosters a significant increase in: Calmness Social relationships Physical activity Mental acuity Self Esteem Impacts on quality of life Constructive use of leisure time Motivation Task completion Reminiscence/ Orientation
Pag
e20
Games
Pag
e21
Activity Name: Board Games
Description A board game is a game that involves counters or pieces moved or placed on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games can be based on pure strategy, chance (e.g. rolling dice), or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal that a player aims to achieve.
Games offered Chess Draughts Dominoes Snakes and ladders Nine men’s Morris Monopoly Articulate
Cluedo Trivial pursuits Noughts and crosses Connect 4 Battleship Pictionary Scrabble
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by: • Improve personal well-being • Develop or improve motor skills • Increase and enhance sensory skills • Widen the opportunities to increase social skills • Offer opportunities to feel challenged • Offers the circumstances to be competitive • Presents the chance to work cooperatively • Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills • Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit • Ensure that the activity is enjoyable to the service user
Potential Benefits
Relieve stress. Improve brain function. Improve social interaction Stimulate the mind and boost creativity. Learn a new task
Stimulate the imagination Improve problem solving Improve relationships and your connection to others. Sharing laughter and fun can foster empathy, compassion, trust, and intimacy with others.
Pag
e22
Activity Name: Playing cards
Description A game using cards to play. Individually or in groups. Playing cards can be a pastime that offers pleasure and social enjoyment. A game of cards is a way of entertaining yourself in a group and it is one of the most popular indoor activities adults play.
Types Rummy Solitaire Whist Bridge
Old maid Crazy eights Concentration/memory
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by: • Improve personal well-being • Develop or improve motor skills • Increase and enhance sensory skills • Widen the opportunities to increase social skills • Offer opportunities to feel challenged • Offers the circumstances to be competitive • Presents the chance to work cooperatively • Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills • Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit • Ensure that the activity is enjoyable to the service user
Potential Benefits
Playing cards can help adults improve their fine and gross motor skills. Shuffling and dealing may help quicken your reflexes. Card games can encourage hand-eye coordination and help stimulate and exercise your mind. Card games can give you a chance to interact with others in an intimate setting while engaging in a little friendly competition. Some card games entail a great deal of strategy, as well as an understanding of statistics and probability.
Pag
e23
Activity Name: Group games
Description A game can support a relatively large or undefined number of players, compared to more traditional board games or card games that require a small, set number of players. Some games have a set limit based on available equipment; others are limited by other mechanics of the game like time for each turn, while still others have no practical limit.
Types Bingo Supersize crossword A day at the races Quoits The price is right Balloon tennis
Pictionary Celbrity ID game Family fortunes, name that tune etc
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by: • Improve personal well-being • Develop or improve motor skills • Increase and enhance sensory skills • Widen the opportunities to increase social skills • Offer opportunities to feel challenged • Offers the circumstances to be competitive • Presents the chance to work cooperatively • Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills • Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit • Ensure that the activity is enjoyable to the service user
Potential Benefits
Improve brain function. Improve social interaction Stimulate the mind and boost creativity. Learn a new task Stimulate the imagination Improve problem solving Improve relationships and your connection to others. Sharing laughter and fun can foster empathy, compassion, trust, and intimacy with others.
Pag
e24
Activity Name: Computer games
Description Usually video game style consoles such as the Wii
Techniques Wii fit Wii resort Wii sport
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by: • Improve personal well-being • Develop or improve motor skills • Increase and enhance sensory skills • Widen the opportunities to increase social skills • Offer opportunities to feel challenged • Offers the circumstances to be competitive • Presents the chance to work cooperatively • Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills • Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit • Ensure that the activity is enjoyable to the service user
Potential Benefits
Improves perception Improves concentration Improves executive functioning Improves balance Improves hand eye coordination Improves cognition Improves socialisation.
Pag
e25
Activity Name: Sport
Description An activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.
Sport offered Archery New Age Curling Cricket Basketball Walking Football Trampolining Water Polo Darts Carpet bowls Boules
Uni Hockey Bowls Badminton Table Tennis Short Tennis Swimming / Aqua Class Swimming Lessons Soft tennis Snooker Ten pin bowling
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by: • Improve personal well-being • Develop or improve motor skills • Increase and enhance sensory skills • Widen the opportunities to increase social skills • Offer opportunities to feel challenged • Offers the circumstances to be competitive • Presents the chance to work cooperatively • Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills • Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit • Ensure that the activity is enjoyable to the service user
Potential Benefits
Improves Health Improves socialisation Preserves optimum structure and function of muscles Preserves optimum structure and function of bones, Preserves optimum structure and function of joints Preserves optimum structure and function of cardiovascular system Improves co-ordination Improves strength Improves balance and hence reduces falls and fractures. Relieves symptoms of depression and anxiety Improves mood Reduces the risk of developing depression Raises self-esteem.
Pag
e26
Cooking/Baking
Pag
e27
Activity Name: Meal Planning
Description
Menu Planning is a practical resource for individuals with people with disabilities to use with their supporters to plan a healthy eating menu. It contains information on the different food groups, the benefits of healthy eating and how to make good food choices and the frequency and variety of meals.
Group work/interactive sessions. Food diaries.
Eatwell plate/mat and food models. Mind maps Videos.
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by: • Improve personal well-being • Develop or improve motor skills • Increase and enhance sensory
skills • Widen the opportunities to
increase social skills • Offer opportunities to feel
challenged • Offers the circumstances to be
competitive • Presents the chance to work
cooperatively • Provide opportunities to raise
cognitive skills • Provide possibilities to learn a new
skill or pursuit • Ensure that the activity is
enjoyable to the service user
• Understanding the relationship between food and health.
• Awareness of the barriers to a healthy diet.
• Understanding of major food groups, fibre, vitamins, minerals, fluid and alcohol.
• Understanding of energy balance and weight.
• Understanding of food and diabetes, coeliac disease, coronary heart disease, food
• allergy, cancer, heart disease and osteoporosis.
• Being able to use the ‘Eatwell plate’
• Understanding of food labelling
Potential Benefits
Motivate learning Create the opportunity for positive , successful and pleasurable social experiences Develop awareness of self , others and the environment Improve functioning Enhance well being Decision making Improving energy Stabilising moods
Pag
e28
Activity Name: Budgeting for food
Description An estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given activty in the future.
Techniques Written spending plans Shopping lists Income/expenditure Managing spending Monitoring spending
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by: • Improve personal well-being • Develop or improve motor skills • Increase and enhance sensory skills • Widen the opportunities to increase social skills • Offer opportunities to feel challenged • Offers the circumstances to be competitive • Presents the chance to work cooperatively • Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills • Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit • Ensure that the activity is enjoyable to the service user • Plan a meal, taking into account the needs of the people eating; and the costs
involved.
Potential Benefits
Motivate learning Create the opportunity for positive , successful and pleasurable social experiences Develop awareness of self , others and the environment Improve functioning Enhance well being Decision making
Pag
e29
Activity Name: Shopping
Description
Techniques Individual Group High street shops
Online Supermarket
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by: • Improve personal well-being • Develop or improve motor skills • Increase and enhance sensory skills • Widen the opportunities to increase social skills • Offer opportunities to feel challenged • Offers the circumstances to be competitive • Presents the chance to work cooperatively • Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills • Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit • Ensure that the activity is enjoyable to the service user • Motivate learning • Develop awareness of self , others and the environment • Enhance well being
Potential Benefits
Choice Independence skills Enjoyment Budgeting Social skills Assertiveness Concentration Attention Hand function
Pag
e30
Activity Name: Cooking
Description The practice or skill of preparing food by combining, mixing, and heating ingredients
Techniques Peeling Opening tins/packets Following recipes Creating recipes
Boiling, Frying Grilling etc
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by: • Improve personal well-being • Develop or improve motor skills • Increase and enhance sensory
skills • Widen the opportunities to
increase social skills • Offer opportunities to feel
challenged • Offers the circumstances to be
competitive • Presents the chance to work
cooperatively • Provide opportunities to raise
cognitive skills • Provide possibilities to learn a new
skill or pursuit
• Ensure that the activity is enjoyable to the service user
• Motivate learning • Develop awareness of self , others
and the environment • Enhance well being • Prepare and cook simple dishes • Learn about healthier eating
through practical food work • Prepare and eat healthy and
delicious food • Apply food hygiene practices in
the kitchen and make food safely • Learn transferable skills in order to
prepare other recipes in the future;
Potential Benefits
Motivate learning Create the opportunity for positive , successful and pleasurable social experiences Develop awareness of self , others and the environment Improve functioning Enhance well being Improving hand function Decision making
Pag
e31
Activity Name: Baking
Description To cook by dry heat a series of ingredients that makes an edible outcome. E.g. cake bread.
Techniques Angel cake Apple cake Chocolate cake Brownie
Butterfly cakes Bread
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by: • Improve personal well-being • Develop or improve motor skills • Increase and enhance sensory
skills • Widen the opportunities to
increase social skills • Offer opportunities to feel
challenged • Offers the circumstances to be
competitive • Presents the chance to work
cooperatively
• Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills
• Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit
• Ensure that the activity is enjoyable to the service user
• Prepare and cook simple cakes; • Learn about healthier eating
through practical food work; • Prepare and eat healthy and
delicious food; • Apply food hygiene practices in
the kitchen and make food safely; • Learn transferable skills in order to
prepare other recipes in the future;
Potential Benefits
Motivate learning Create the opportunity for positive , successful and pleasurable social experiences Develop awareness of self , others and the environment Improve functioning Enhance well being Stress relief Improving hand function Decision making
Pag
e32
Activity Name: Food sessions
Description These individual sessions cover a range of activities to with food
Techniques Healthy Eating sessions with L.E.A.N Coffee mornings
McMillan coffee mornings Taster sessions Different cultural foods.
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by: • Improve personal well-being
• Develop or improve motor skills
• Increase and enhance sensory skills
• Widen the opportunities to increase social skills
• Offer opportunities to feel challenged
• Offers the circumstances to be competitive
• Presents the chance to work cooperatively
• Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills
• Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit
• Ensure that the activity is enjoyable to the service user
Each session will have individual aims depending on what is being covered.
Potential Benefits
Motivate learning Create the opportunity for positive , successful and pleasurable social experiences Develop awareness of self , others and the environment Improve functioning Enhance well being Stress relief Improving hand function Decision making
Pag
e33
Self-care activities
Pag
e34
Activity Name: Grooming
Description Grooming are the things that you do to make your appearance tidy and pleasant, for example brushing your hair
Techniques Brushing hair Shaving Getting washed
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning within grooming by: • assess your difficulties and explain these to the service user and their family
or carers • suggest activities to improve the service users abilities and independence • use and adapt this everyday activity as part of the service users reablement • teach the service user strategies and techniques to overcome any remaining
difficulties
Potential Benefits
Improve personal well-being Develop or improve motor skills Increase and enhance sensory skills Widen the opportunities to increase social skills Offer opportunities to feel challenged Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit Improve functional skills Improve self-esteem/ self-image Gives control over personal activities.
Pag
e35
Activity Name: Dressing
Description To don and doff clothes.
Techniques Upper half dressing Lower half dressing Specialist equipment: Dressing stick
Long handled shoe horns Sock aids Etc.
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning within grooming by: • assess your difficulties and explain these to the service user and their family
or carers • suggest activities to improve the service users abilities and independence • use and adapt this everyday activity as part of the service users reablement • teach the service user strategies and techniques to overcome any remaining
difficulties
Potential Benefits
Improve personal well-being Develop or improve motor skills Increase and enhance sensory skills Widen the opportunities to increase social skills Offer opportunities to feel challenged Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit Improve functional skills Improve self-esteem/ self-image Gives control over personal activities.
Pag
e36
Activity Name: Oral hygiene
Description Oral hygiene is the practice of keeping the mouth clean and healthy by brushing and flossing to prevent tooth decay and gum disease.
Techniques Manual toothbrushes Flossing
Electric toothbrushes Denture care
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning within grooming by: • assess your difficulties and explain these to the service user and their family
or carers • suggest activities to improve the service users abilities and independence • use and adapt this everyday activity as part of the service users reablement • teach the service user strategies and techniques to overcome any remaining
difficulties
Potential Benefits
Improve personal well-being Develop or improve motor skills Increase and enhance sensory skills Widen the opportunities to increase social skills Offer opportunities to feel challenged Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit Improve functional skills Improve self-esteem/ self-image Gives control over personal activities.
Pag
e37
Activity Name: Bathing/showering
Description To become immersed in water
Techniques Personal care Washing
Drying Transfers
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning within grooming by: • assess your difficulties and explain these to the service user and their family
or carers • suggest activities to improve the service users abilities and independence • use and adapt this everyday activity as part of the service users reablement • teach the service user strategies and techniques to overcome any remaining
difficulties
Potential Benefits
Improve personal well-being Develop or improve motor skills Increase and enhance sensory skills Widen the opportunities to increase social skills Offer opportunities to feel challenged Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit Improve functional skills Improve self-esteem/ self-image Gives control over personal activities.
Pag
e38
Activity Name: Feeding and eating
Description To independently able to feed oneself.
Techniques
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning within grooming by: • assess your difficulties and explain these to the service user and their family
or carers • suggest activities to improve the service users abilities and independence • use and adapt this everyday activity as part of the service users reablement • teach the service user strategies and techniques to overcome any remaining
difficulties
Potential Benefits
Improve personal well-being Develop or improve motor skills Increase and enhance sensory skills Widen the opportunities to increase social skills Offer opportunities to feel challenged Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit Improve functional skills Improve self-esteem/ self-image Gives control over personal activities.
Pag
e39
Leisure pursuits
Pag
e40
Activity Name: Gardening
Description Gardening is the job or activity of working in a garden, growing and taking care of the plants, and keeping it attractive.
Techniques Flowers Indoor and outdoor Vegetables
In ground Raised beds
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by: • Improve personal well-being • Develop or improve motor skills • Increase and enhance sensory skills • Widen the opportunities to increase social skills • Presents the chance to work cooperatively • Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills • Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit • Ensure that the activity is enjoyable to the service user
Potential Benefits
Motivate learning Create the opportunity for positive , successful and pleasurable social experiences Develop awareness of self , others and the environment Improve functioning Enhance well being Stress relief Decision making
Pag
e41
Activity Name: Listening to music
Description To attend to sound.
Techniques Live music CD’s
Radio Drum sessions etc.
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by: • Improve personal well-being • Develop or improve motor skills • Increase and enhance sensory skills • Widen the opportunities to increase social skills • Presents the chance to work cooperatively • Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills • Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit • Ensure that the activity is enjoyable to the service user
Potential Benefits
Motivate learning Create the opportunity for positive , successful and pleasurable social experiences Develop awareness of self , others and the environment Improve functioning Enhance well being Stress relief Decision making
Pag
e42
Activity Name: Cinema club
Description A cinema club is people can watch screenings of films they usually have an educational aim, introducing audiences to different audio-visual works through an organized and prepared program of screenings.
Techniques DVD Trips to the cinema
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by: • Increase and enhance sensory skills • Widen the opportunities to increase social skills • Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills • Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit
Potential Benefits
Motivate learning Create the opportunity for positive , successful and pleasurable social experiences Develop awareness of self , others and the environment Improve functioning Enhance well being Stress relief Decision making Improve orientation Improve reminiscence
Pag
e43
Activity Name: Social outings
Description Bus trip Going out for a walk
Techniques Going to pubs Going to restaurants Going to cafes Moors centre – Danby
Redcar sea front Saltburn Visit places of interest.
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by: • Improve personal well-being • Develop or improve motor skills • Increase and enhance sensory skills • Widen the opportunities to increase social skills • Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills • Ensure that the activity is enjoyable to the service user • The opportunity to learn a new skill
Potential Benefits
Motivate learning Create the opportunity for positive , successful and pleasurable social experiences Develop awareness of self , others and the environment Improve functioning Enhance well being Stress relief Decision making
Pag
e44
Activity Name: Horse-riding
Description Horse riding is the sport of sitting on the back of a horse whilst controlling its movements.
Techniques Riding for the disabled Horse riding
Horse care
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by: • Improve personal well-being • Develop or improve motor skills • Increase and enhance sensory skills • Widen the opportunities to increase social skills • Presents the chance to work cooperatively • Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills • Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit • Ensure that the activity is enjoyable to the service user
Potential Benefits
Moderate exercise/ increase physical activity Positive psychological feelings. Motivate learning Create the opportunity for positive , successful and pleasurable social experiences Develop awareness of self , others and the environment Improve functioning Enhance well being Stress relief Decision making
Pag
e45
Activity Name: Computer classes
Description To learn how to use a computer so that a person can navigate the world wide web.
Techniques Making the most of the internet Staying safe on line On line at home
Personal computers IPads Etc.
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by: • Improve personal well-being • Develop or improve motor skills • Increase and enhance sensory skills • Widen the opportunities to increase social skills • Presents the chance to work cooperatively • Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills • Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit • Ensure that the activity is enjoyable to the service user
Potential Benefits
Motivate learning Create the opportunity for positive , successful and pleasurable social experiences Develop awareness of self , others and the environment Improve functioning Enhance well being Stress relief Decision making
Pag
e46
Health and fitness
Pag
e47
Activity Name: Walking groups
Description A group of people who like to gain health benefits from an activity that require sno specialist skills or equipment.
Techniques
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by: • Improve personal well-being • Develop or improve motor skills • Increase and enhance sensory skills • Widen the opportunities to increase social skills • Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills • Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit • Ensure that the activity is enjoyable to the service user
Potential Benefits
Moderate exercise/ increase physical activity Positive psychological feelings Motivate learning Create the opportunity for positive , successful and pleasurable social experiences Develop awareness of self , others and the environment Improve functioning Improve physical health Enhance well being Stress relief Decision making
Pag
e48
Activity Name: Swimming/Hydrotherapy
Description To move in water by movement of the limbs.
Techniques Crawl Butterfly
Breast stroke etc.
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by: • Improve personal well-being • Develop or improve motor skills • Increase and enhance sensory skills • Widen the opportunities to increase social skills • Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills • Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit • Ensure that the activity is enjoyable to the service user
Potential Benefits
Moderate exercise/ increase physical activity Positive psychological feelings Motivate learning Create the opportunity for positive , successful and pleasurable social experiences Develop awareness of self , others and the environment Improve functioning Enhance well being Stress relief Decision making
Pag
e49
Activity Name: \Chair based exercises
Description Chair Exercise are exercises or workouts done while seated in a chair, or sometimes standing next to the chair for stability. The chair is a standard kitchen chair, with back support, without arm rests.
Techniques
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by: • Improve personal well-being • Develop or improve motor skills • Improves functional strength • Increase and enhance sensory skills • Widen the opportunities to increase social skills • Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills • Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit • Ensure that the activity is enjoyable to the service user
Potential Benefits
Moderate exercise/ increase physical activity Positive psychological feelings Improves functional strength Reduces falls Motivate learning Create the opportunity for positive , successful and pleasurable social experiences Develop awareness of self , others and the environment Improve functioning Enhance well being Stress relief Improving hand function Decision making
Pag
e50
Educational
Pag
e51
Activity Name: Speech’s/Lectures
Description A lecture is an oral presentation intended to present information or teaches people about a particular subject.
Techniques Police Fire brigade
Nurses Specific topics e.g. VE day
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by: • Improve personal well-being • Increase and enhance sensory skills • Widen the opportunities to increase social skills • Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills • Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit • Ensure that the activity is enjoyable to the service user
Potential Benefits
Motivate learning Create the opportunity for positive , successful and pleasurable social experiences Develop awareness of self , others and the environment Improve functioning Enhance well being Attention and concentration skills
Pag
e52
Activity Name: Adult learning courses
Description Adult learning is a practice in which adults engage in systematic and sustained self-educating activities in order to gain new forms of knowledge, skills, attitudes, or values
Techniques A wide range of activities provided by adult learning
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by engagement in : Vocational activities Social activities Recreational activities Self-development activities.
Potential Benefits
Motivate learning Create the opportunity for positive , successful and pleasurable social experiences Develop awareness of self , others and the environment Improve functioning Enhance well being Decision making Develop new skills Develop employability skills Satisfy personal needs Allow personal growth
Pag
e53
Health Promotion
Pag
e54
Activity Name: Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
Description Cognitive stimulation therapy (CST) is a recommended therapy based on stimulating activities and exercises in a group. People find this helps memory and communication
Techniques Themed activities: Physical games Sound Childhood Food Current affairs Word association
Being creative Categorising objects Faces / scenes Orientation Using money Number games Word games Team quiz
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s
functioning by engagement in:
Mental stimulation
New ideas, thoughts and associations
Using orientation, both sensitively and
implicitly
Opinions rather than facts
Using reminiscence as an aid to the
here-and-now
Providing triggers to aid recall
Continuity and consistency between
sessions
Implicit (rather than explicit) learning
Stimulating language Stimulating
executive functioning
Person-centeredness
Respect
Involvement
Inclusion
Choice
Fun
Maximising potential
Building / strengthening relationships
Potential Benefits
Motivate learning Create the opportunity for positive , successful and pleasurable social experiences Develop awareness of self , others and the environment Improve functioning Enhance well being Stress relief Decision making Improve orientation
Pag
e55
Activity Name: Falls Prevention
Description Falls can result in hip fractures, head injuries or even death. In many cases, those who have experienced a fall have a hard time recovering and their overall health deteriorates. This fall prevention programme identifies risk, assists in improving physical activity thereby increasing stability and balance.
Techniques Exercises Environmental hazard check lists
Safety related skills and behaviours
Aims
To improve, maintain or restore a client’s functioning by engagement in: Education about older adult fall risk factors and prevention Strategies for older adults, families, and caregivers. Exercise that can be offered through group classes or individually. Strengthening exercises combined with balance training Balance exercises Medication review by a pharmacist or healthcare professional, Vision assessment Home safety assessment including home modifications as needed.
Potential Benefits
Increase in balance Increase in strength Increase in activity Decrease in falls Motivate learning Create the opportunity for positive , successful and pleasurable social experiences Develop awareness of self , others and the environment Improve functioning Enhance well being Stress relief Improving hand function Decision making
Pag
e56
Should you have any questions or wish to discuss any of the information within this
document feel free to contact:
Mark Coates
Pathways to Independence Lead
Tel: 01642 771594 Email: [email protected]
Belinda Etherington
Activity and Well Being services manager
Tel: 01642 444664 Email [email protected]
Older Peoples Activity and Well Being services Coordinators
Michelle Breckon – Westmorland
Tel: 01642 486004 Email [email protected]
Lynn Boyd – St Germaine’s
Tel: 01642 485844 Email [email protected]
Learning Disabilities Activity and Well Being services Coordinators
Mike Haley – High Hills
Tel: 01287 676919 Email [email protected]
Barney Nesbitt – Redcar satellite
Tel: 01642 491581 Email [email protected]
Dawn Holliday – North Skelton
Tel: 01287 652741 Email [email protected]