Hi Nicky, I'm in the process of setting up a garden project, in a medium secure unit for women. I would like the women to take some ownership of this space, so...
Morgan Joanne
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Jun 2, 2005 12:53 pm
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Hello, My OT dept in Ireland is hoping to do a research project potentially for publication on establishing a "Healthy Lifestyles" group on a secure unit...
Hi Mark I have just handed in my special study in at college which was a literature review on occupational therapy and anorexia nervosa. There are just short...
Hi Catherine I wondered if you would be willing to publicise your reference list ? It is always useful to have lists of OT references, especially if they are...
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Jun 4, 2005 8:21 am
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Hi I work in a medium secure unit and we have recently set up a gardening project at a nearby allotment. It is OT led and facilitated by a minimum of 3 staff....
Hi Nicky We finished a similar project towards the end of last year, revamping the compound area that is attached to ICU. Although the project involved artists...
Hi Your project sounds great, really inspiring that the big ideas we have for our small gardening project at the moment are possible! I would like to pick your...
Hi All, I've been reading all of the postings about the gardening projects and have found them very interesting. Just to add my two pennies worth. We started a...
Pink Mike (RWN) SE Pa...
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Jun 7, 2005 11:29 am
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With regard to the lottery funding we applied via the Regional Arts Lottery Programme (RALP) via the local arts council (in our case South East Arts based in...
Thanks for the advice Kathryn a wealth of information. You perhaps already know about this but in case others don't.... B&Q offers annual awards of £5000 and...
On a related note the unit I work in also managed to squeeze vouchers out of The Wyevale garden centre, worth remembering. Helen Lycett Senior Occupational...
Hi all, Does anybody have experience in or literature references about the new approach of sensory integration with acute psychotic patients? I'm working in an...
... <alan.scally@n...> wrote: hi hopefully you'll all have started recieving your bandings by now, so can i ask what y'all out there who don't do the full...
Hi Frau I recently attended the AOTMH conference where SI was covered in some detail I will find some contact names for you to follow up. There is a web site...
Hi Mirian I work in a RSU and the problems you describe are the same in our unit. If we can assist you in any way with your research please get in touch. I...
Hi Peter, I read your reply regarding SI in forensic psychiatry. I am an Occupational Therapist working one day a week with young offenders Institute. I often...
Hi everyone- Just a quick note to ask people what size caesload they are carrying within a medium secure environment? Our facility is currently expanding and...
Hi there, I work in Medium security currently and the ward that I work on has 13 patients, those numbers are then split between myself (Head III) and a Senior...
Hi Lyn I work at a medium secure unit with 84 beds. My caseload is the 14 female residents. I have 2 1/2 days of OTTI III to support me. Each of the OTs at...
Catherine Kingham
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Jun 14, 2005 3:02 pm
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Hi Lyn, The caseloads of our OTs is variable in our medium secure unit- the OTs are dedicated to a consultant team and therefore are spread across the three...
Hi I work across 2 low secure units 40 miles in distance which has a total of 30 patients. One unit has an activities coordinator and she supports me by ...
Hello, I need to write a brief description about the Occupational therapist's role to give to student's etc. Does anyone have anything that might help me. I...
Hi all, I work at the Shaftesbury Clinic, forensic medium secure unit in South-West London. Currently, the service is organised according to RMO-led clinical...
Hi Well i work on a joint FICU and OICU ward with 15 beds and i am the only OT on the ward. We are advertising for a TI at the moment. However in the rest of...
Hi Paul Interesting and timely topic. I have experience of setting up ward based OT services in high dependency, crisis intervention and admission services in ...
Joe & Sarah Ayres
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Jun 21, 2005 7:58 pm
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Hello! The MSU I work on has 30 patients, 14 on the acute/admission ward and 16 on the rehabilitation ward. There is a senior 2 on the rehab ward and a senior ...
Jones Rebecca (RNU) O...
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Jun 22, 2005 9:29 am
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Hello everybody, I am a student at London South Bank university, I am just beginning to work on an assignment on treatment documentation, addressing current...
