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Activity and Well Being

Services

Activity Directory

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Contents Page number

1. Introduction 4

2. Interest checklist 6

3. Grading and adapting of activities 8

4. Creative activities 9 • Painting 10 • Sewing 11 • Singing 12 • Making music 13 • Writing 14 • Knitting 15 • Origami 16 • Card Making 17 • Decoupage 18 • Collages/murals 19 • Seasonal artistic activities 20

5. Games 21 • Board games 22 • Playing cards 23 • Group games 24 • Computer games 25 • Sport 26

6. Cooking/Baking 27 • Meal Planning 28 • Budgeting 29 • Shopping 30 • Cooking 31 • Baking 32 • Food sessions 33

7. Self-care activities 34 • Grooming 35 • Dressing 36 • Oral hygiene 37 • Bathing/showering 38 • Feeding and eating 39

8. Leisure pursuits 40 • Gardening 41 • Listening to music 42 • Cinema club 43 • Social outings 44 • Horse-riding 45 • Computer classes 46

9. Health and fitness 47 • Walking groups 48 • Swimming/hydrotherapy 49 • Chair based activities 50

10. Educational 51 • Speech’s/lectures 52 • Adult learning courses 53

11. Health promotion 54 • Cognitive stimulation therapy 55 • Falls prevention 56

12. Productivity 57

Cleaning rota 58

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Sweeping up 59

Cleaning tables 60

Putting rubbish in bins 61

Cleaning and storing activities 62

Collecting used cups 63

Stacking the dishwasher 64

13. Contact points 65

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Creative Activities

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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

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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





Widen the opportunities to increase social skills





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

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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





Create the opportunity for positive , successful and pleasurable social experiences



Facilitate creative expression



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

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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


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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





Create the opportunity for positive , successful and pleasurable social

experiences






Potential Benefits


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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






experiences






Potential Benefits


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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



Develop or improve motor skills – particularly hand skills



experiences






Potential Benefits


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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






experiences






Potential Benefits


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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






experiences






Potential Benefits


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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






experiences






Potential Benefits


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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






experiences






Provide opportunities for Orientation/Reminiscence

Potential Benefits


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Games

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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.

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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


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.

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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


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.

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Activity Name: Computer games

Description Usually video game style consoles such as the Wii

Techniques Wii fit Wii resort Wii sport

Aims


Potential Benefits

Improves perception Improves concentration Improves executive functioning Improves balance Improves hand eye coordination Improves cognition Improves socialisation.

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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


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.

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Cooking/Baking

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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

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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

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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

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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






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

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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






cooperatively

• Provide opportunities to raise cognitive skills

• Provide possibilities to learn a new skill or pursuit


• 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

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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


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

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Self-care activities

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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.

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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



difficulties

Potential Benefits


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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



difficulties

Potential Benefits


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Activity Name: Bathing/showering

Description To become immersed in water

Techniques Personal care Washing

Drying Transfers

Aims



difficulties

Potential Benefits


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Activity Name: Feeding and eating

Description To independently able to feed oneself.

Techniques

Aims



difficulties

Potential Benefits


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Leisure pursuits

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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

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Activity Name: Listening to music

Description To attend to sound.

Techniques Live music CD’s

Radio Drum sessions etc.

Aims


Potential Benefits


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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

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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


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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


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

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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


Potential Benefits


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Health and fitness

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Activity Name: Walking groups

Description A group of people who like to gain health benefits from an activity that requiresno 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

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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

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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

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Educational

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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

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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

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Health Promotion

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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

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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

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Productivity

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Activity/Occupation Name:

Cleaning Rota

Description

Taking part in cleaning activities and responsibilities. Service users will be able to engage in cleaning activities which will be adapted to meet all individual needs within the centre. Service user’s to follow a weekly plan of varied responsibilities.

Techniques

Group work

Working individually

Cleaning tables

Collecting rubbish and disposing in bin

Sweeping floor after lunch time

Helping to stack the dishwasher

Tidying and storing games

Collecting mugs and cups after tea break

Aims

Improve personal well-being through use of meaningful activity

Provide opportunity to learn new skills

Provide skills which can be transferrable to home life

Develop or improve motor skills and range of movement

Cognitively stimulating work

Increasing social skills and interaction

Provide structure to the day within the centre

Provide learning around cleaning and the importance of maintaining a clean environment

Increase independence within the day centre

Provide opportunity to engage in work based activities

Potential Benefits

Promotes decision making opportunities for all service users

Enables the service user to follow a structured routine like a working day

Motivates learning to participate in daily responsibilities

Enhances well-being through meaningful activity

Creates social interactions between service user – service user as well as staff – service user

Occupational engagement in productivity

Increases independence within the centre

Improves range of movement and fitness

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Sweeping the floor

Description

Sweeping the floor after lunch time using the sweeping brush and dust pan to collect rubbish. Then disposing of rubbish in to bin.

Techniques

Working independently

Social interactions

Observational techniques to identify mess on floor

Maintaining a safe and tidy working environment

Learning new skills which could be transferrable to home

Aims

Promote meaningful activity within the workplace

Encourage active participation in the day centre

Promote a client led service

Allow opportunity for service users to utilise and develop decision making skills

Enhance well-being though achievement

Transferrable to home life

Create individual roles and responsibilities for service users

Allow service users to work as part of a team

Encourage visual observational skills from service user to identify what needed to be tidied in the centre

Demonstrate and improves coordination skills and movement

To grade and adapt activity to meet personal needs and preference.

Potential Benefits

Creates verbal feedback of reward and praise for the service users

Improves range of movement

Allows opportunity for service users to take on a role

Increases independence

Enables use of collaborative/team working

Motivates service users to want to participate in roles at the day centre through the use of meaningful activity.

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Cleaning Tables

Description

Taking part in cleaning tables after activity sessions and lunch times. Using spray and a cloth to do so.

Techniques

Group work

Working collaboratively with a partner

Using fine motor skills to use the spray

Using range of movement to clean the table

Sensory activity using the cloth

Adapting activity to using water instead of spray to meet the service users preferences

Changing cloth to a sponge of towel to meet service users preferences

Aims

Actively involved service users in productivity activity

Create meaningful roles for service users to participates in

Promote a client led service by involving the service users

Increase social skills

Increase confidence in participating in team work

Improve cognitive skills and learning

Increase the independence of service users in the activity and well-being

Provide opportunity for reward and plans

Potential Benefits

Provides opportunity for service users to follow a routine

Promotes collaborative working and team work throughout the day centre

Increases social interaction skills

Learnt skills may be transferrable to home

Provides sensory stimulation through the use of hands

Demonstrates fine and gross motor skills

Encourages a sense of achievement for the service users

Maintains a safe and tidy environment

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Putting rubbish in bins

Description

Taking part in ensuring that rubbish is appropriately put in to the bins following activity sessions and lunch time to maintain a safe working environment. Also ensure smaller bins are taken to larger bins at the end of the day.

Techniques

Working individually

Collecting rubbish and disposing in bin appropriately

Sensory input through the use of hands

Use of fine and gross motor skills

Use of range of movement for transferring smaller bins to larger bin

Aims




Provide skills which can be transferrable to home life


Enhance well-being through achievement

Improve fine and gross motor skills through the use of movement



Increase social interaction

Potential Benefits



Allows opportunity for the service users to take on a role

Activity can be adapted to meet different individual needs

Increased independence

Motivates the service users to participate in roles at the day centre through the use of meaningful activity

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Clearing and storing activities away

Description

Being actively involved in clearing and storing activities and games after a session. Ensuring that games and activities are stored appropriately and safely.

Techniques

Collecting pens and putting them back in the box

Ensuring all pieces of games and jigsaws are cleared away to avoid hazards

Tidying up after a session

Maintaining a safe practice environment

Aims






Transferrable to home life


Allows service users to work as part of a team

Encourage visual observational skills from service users to identify what needed to be tidied away

Demonstrate and improves coordination skills and movement

To grade and adapt activity to meet personal needs and preferences

Potential Benefits




Activity can be adapted to meet different individual needs



Motivates service users to want to participate in roles at the day centre through the use of meaningful activity.

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Collecting used cups

Description

Collecting used or finished mugs after tea break and returning them to the kitchen safely and skilfully.

Techniques

Working as part of a team

Social interactions

Observational techniques to identify finished cups of tea


Aims








Increase social interactions

Demonstrate and improve coordination skills and movement

To grade or adapt activity to meet personal needs

Potential Benefits




Activity can be graded/adapted to meet individual needs



Motivations service users to want to participate in roles at the day centre through the use of meaningful activity

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Stacking the dishwasher

Description

Taking part in stacking the dishwasher as part of daily tasks in the day centre. Service users to working directly and collaboratively with a member of staff to do so.

Techniques

Working as part of a team

Sensory techniques

Rinsing excess residue off plates before stacking in the dishwasher


Learning how to correctly use the dishwasher

Aims

Promote meaningful activity in the work place





Improve fine and gross motor skills

Create individual roles and responsibilities for the service users


Increase social interaction skills

Demonstrate and improve coordination and movement

To grade or adapt activity to meet personal or preferable needs

Potential Benefits

Creates verbal feedback of reward and praise




Enables the use of collaborative working

Motivates the service users to want to participate in roles at the day centre

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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


Lynn Boyd – St Germaine’s


Learning Disabilities Activity and Well Being services Coordinators

Mike Haley – High Hills


Barney Nesbitt – Redcar satellite


Dawn Holliday – North Skelton


mailto:[email protected]







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