Addenbrooke’s Hospital – Falls Prevention Project
The lead Falls Prevention Specialist and Dementia Specialist Nurse piloted the use of Reminiscence Interactive Therapy Activity systems (RITA) on wards with a high incidence of patients with dementia and falls. The aim of the pilot was to ascertain if the intervention of RITA would improve patients’ experience, wellbeing and reduce falls in older people in an acute setting.
Llys Cadfan Care Home digitally enhances quality of life & wellbeing
Llys Cadfan is a care home owned by Gwynedd Council in North Wales. This case study provides an insight into how RITA was used to enhance the lives and well-being of residents at Llys Cadfan.
Improving care at Royal Stoke & County hospitals
The RITA system has been rolled out on elderly care wards at both sites at the University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust, thanks to funding from the Charity and its supporters.
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board Llandudno Hospital
Llandudno General Hospital includes services for older people with illnesses such as dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, severe depression, severe anxiety and schizophrenia. There was a need for more opportunities to engage with meaningful activities and entertainment.
North Bristol Southmead
At Southmead we have a Meaningful Activities Project. There were challenges around this initiative which meant ensuring the staff understood meaningful activities, meaningful interactions, and person-centred care. There were challenges around space, storage and infection control.
Mid Yorkshire Hospitals NHSFT
The opportunity to offer meaningful activities as a way of stimulating patients is contributing towards a reduction in falls.
Tees Esk & Wear Valleys NHSFT
Springwood is a complex needs unit which provide 14 beds and one being a high dependency suite for 24 hour care. Typically we accommodate people over age of 65yrs who come to us with complex needs. The challenges we face are difficulty in communication, lack of stimulation/meaningful activity, increased wandering, poor sleep hygiene, lack of […]
Portsmouth Hospital NHS Trust
To remove isolation in patients suffering with dementia and other cognitive impairments and to bring in anything that would help with this that would also provide the opportunity to engage with patients. At the same time we wanted to offer purposeful activities and the opportunity for better patient/carer interaction.
Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Victoria Centre Hodson and Liddington Ward
A new digital software package that is changing life on the wards for service users and staff alike!