Leicestershire Partnership Trust (LPT) will be unveiling a brand new Recumbent Exercise Bike, bought through fundraising
to increase Bradgate Mental Health Unit inpatients’ opportunity to engage in sport and exercise.
Following a stroke, people who received repetitive task training showed greater improvements in performing functional tasks, such as picking up a cup, standing up and walking. These improvements were sustained for up to six months.
Despite advances in recovery focused mental health care, people with severe mental illness (SMI) experience multiple physical comorbidity compounded by unhealthy lifestyle behaviours including low levels of physical activity (Vancampfort et al. 2017; Walker et al. 2015). Responding to this, international policy is moving to include physical activity as part of fundamental care for people with severe mental illness (Pratt et al. 2016; Richardson et al. 2005). Incorporation of physical activity into mental health service provision should adopt an approach that is in keeping with best practice, recovery orientated guidelines of mental health service provision, with particular consideration shown to incorporating service users as partners in care plan development and delivery (Department of Health, 2001; Department of Health and Children, 2006). Login using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens for full text. SSOTP - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
This article includes an extensive review of the literature and findings from a naturalistic study of AT service provision experience in rural school settings. You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please be clear which article you are requesting.
International Journal of Play Therapy26.3 (Jul 2017): 160-171.
Research to investigate the efficiency, appropriateness, and feasibility of a directive play therapy approach for children with complex needs must consider methodological issues that impact on internal and external validity. This paper discusses methodological issues that arose when research was concerned with a directive play therapy approach called Learn to Play Therapy with children with autism and related disorders. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of an animal-assisted psychotherapy (AAP) programme on clinical symptoms, personal adjustment, and adaptive skills in a group of adolescents in residential care who had experienced childhood trauma and who presented mental health problems and difficulties adapting to the care home environment. To read the full article, log in using your SSSFT NHS OpenAthens details.
This systematic review evaluated the effectiveness of environment-based interventions that address behavior, perception, and falls in the home and other settings for people with Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and related major neurocognitive disorders (NCDs). You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
We examined the effect of the Cognitive–Functional (Cog–Fun) occupational therapy intervention on executive functions and participation among children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
Effects of Exercise on Serum Triglycerides and Symptoms of Schizophrenia. SSSFT staff can use the OVID link, or you can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
We determined whether various assessment tools detect neglect differently by administering a battery of assessments to people with stroke. You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
To determine the impact of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) combined with repetitive, task-specific training (RTP) on upper-extremity (UE) impairment in a chronic stroke survivor with moderate impairment. You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
NHS specialists and patients have joined forces to launch the UKs first freely accessible app review website specifically aimed at Stroke and Brain Injury.
The website, which can be accessed at www.my-therappy.co.uk, helps people find the right app for their recovery and rehabilitation.
It offers a database of apps tested and recommended by clinical specialists and expert patients. The apps also come with a star rating and genuine user feedback and reviews.
We investigated changes in functional arm use after retraining for stroke-related somatosensory loss and identified whether such changes are associated with somatosensory discrimination skills. You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
Age UK research conducted on behalf of the British Gymnastics Foundation has shown how chair-based gymnastic exercise can transform the wellbeing of people living with dementia.
Joe Barnby offers his own first-hand experience and review of the clinical evidence for floatation tanks to tackle chronic pain, anxiety, and depression.
Service users at The Becklin Centre in Leeds are invited on weekly photography health walks.
During the walks, they visit local parks and landmarks with a walk leader, where they are encouraged to take photographs and enjoy the scenery.
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to obtain caregivers’ perspectives on the impact of the sensory environment on participation in daily activities of their young children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). SSSFT staff - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
Occupational therapy practitioners enable clients to improve performance in everyday occupations. As health care reform precipitates changes across health care service organizations, occupational therapy professionals must seize the opportunity to apply their unique skills and perspective to meet the changing needs of clients and other stakeholders. In this article, we explore the role and distinct value of occupational therapy practitioners in one area of changing need: medication management. SSSFT staff - You can request a copy of this article by replying to this email. Please ensure you are clear which article you are requesting.
M. Attia. The ParGram Meeting, Japan September 2005, (September 2005)Mohammed A. Attia
The University of Manchester
School of Informatics
mohammed.attia@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk.
A. Imine, P. Molli, G. Oster, and M. Rusinowitch. Proceedings of the 8th European Conference on
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (ECSCW 2003), Helsinki, Finland, ACM, (September 2003)