Walsall Healthcare The Manor Hospital
Improving the quality of person-centred care as a means of reducing agitation. Improving stimulation through purposeful and meaningful activity and engagement. The Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, previously known as Walsall Hospital NHS Trust, was formed in April 2001. It runs Walsall Manor Hospital and provides community services in Walsall
Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Colchester General Hospital
Care of the Elderly is provided at Colchester General Hospital, Cognitive impairment does not only exist on elderly medicine wards and quite often, long stay care of the elderly is found on our Orthopaedic Wards as well as others. We were witnessing episodes of social isolation and poor communication on Fordham Ward and felt that […]
The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital NHSFT
Treating the elderly in hospital can be quite a frightening experience for them and one that can cause extreme agitation. When the person that is presenting, is one that has a potentially life threatening condition, it is even more difficult, as time is of the essence. One such situation occurred when a lady was admitted […]
South Tyneside NHSFT South Tyneside District Hospital
To provide stimulation to patients as a way of calming and reducing anxiety and agitation as well as freeing up valuable nursing resource in 1:1 Nursing Care.
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.
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust New Cross Hospital
We are committed to improving the patient experience for those with dementia and raising morale for both patients and staff. We are keen to offer stimulation to reduce boredom and to help reduce the risk of falls with the hospital.