Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHSFT
To provide stimulation and engagement for patients who refuse to leave their Hospital bedrooms. Patients with dementia tend to isolate themselves from staff and other patients. They can be very reluctant to engage with staff on a 1-1 basis and are dismissive of all therapeutic activities suggested to them.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHSFT
To Research and embrace technology to aid cognitive stimulation and engagement with residents within the Centre and to seek out new activities and monitor their effects, having tried and tested other options including using small tablets found that these were not effective when working with the elderly and those with memory problems, we needed to […]
Bradford Royal Infirmary – Parkinson’s Disease
Margaret was first diagnosed with Lewy Body dementia and Parkinson’s disease in 2007. In the early years she was able to continue more or less her normal routine, with the support of her partner, daughter and granddaughter.
Introducing RITA – Northumbria Healthcare
Rather than this tool simply being a computer, we decided to give the system an identity – We used the campaign “Hello My Name Is” and RITA was born, using the acronym. RITA stands for Reminiscence Interactive Therapy Activity.