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OT has helped me feel healthier

Posted By SportMaples

"OT has helped me feel healthier"

About: Highbury Hospital / AHP Inpatient Highbury (Maples)

(as the patient),

I wouldn't mind if there was more gym and sports time as I think it's really good for people. I appreciate all the activities. Sports and cooking here especially nice. In regards to the OT Cafe, the quizzes could be expanded to be game show based. e.g. Who Wants to be a Millionaire or Deal or no Deal.

OT has helped me feel healthier and has given me activities to do. Doing sports and gym has made me realise how important it is to do this to help me de-stress. I think that is the most important activity at Highbury. The reason I feel it's a good activity is because I feel it's something people can do indoors and usually this takes a bit more effort to do outside of hospital and it's good that there is support provided for this while here.

I guess there could be more things done on the ward that aren't directly based with OT. such as newspapers, magazines to read. Also at OT I would enjoy more board games to play in the session such as chess or Monopoly.

Improve: Support the activities time. newspapers & magazines

Did Well : Food, TV shows, Occupational Therapy

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Response from Ann Holford, Senior Occupational Therapist, Adult Mental Health, Maples Therapy Area 4 years ago
We are preparing to make a change
Ann Holford
Senior Occupational Therapist, Adult Mental Health,
Maples Therapy Area

Submitted on 08/08/2019 at 14:14
Published on Care Opinion at 14:16

Thank you so much for taking the time to post about your experiences whilst an inpatient at Highbury. We appreciate your kind comments and are pleased that you found the sports sessions and cooking beneficial and that you feel that they contributed to a positive impact on your health. Feedback is always useful to us to ensure the group programme is providing meaningful experiences and we will take on board your suggestions for future sessions. I will make sure your comments get passed onto the Maples team. We all wish you the very best for the future.

Ann Holford

Senior Occupational Therapist ‣ Maples Therapy Area

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Response from Ann Holford, Senior Occupational Therapist, Adult Mental Health, Maples Therapy Area 4 years ago
We have made a change
Ann Holford
Senior Occupational Therapist, Adult Mental Health,
Maples Therapy Area

Submitted on 06/09/2019 at 08:15
Published on Care Opinion at 09:42

Once again thank you for your input. As a result of your valued feedback, chess and monopoly are now available in the Maples Therapy Department.

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