Resources available for you to use on the ward

Please speak to Nursing Staff as some items may be restricted.

• Relaxation: chill out room with music, beanbags, weighted blanket.
• Keeping your fingers busy: tangle teasers, stress-balls, playdough, sand animals
• Staying in the moment: oils, MP3 players with mindfulness / relaxation exercises, handouts from groups with ideas.
• Distraction: DVD films library in the nursing office, books, puzzles, board games, arts, and crafts.
• Problem solving / solution focussed: handouts from Emotions Group, whiteboard in bedrooms.
• Social support: one to one with a member of staff, mobile phone to phone a relative or friend.
• Exercise: yoga mats, weights, stepper, hoops, exercise balls.
• Spiritual / religious resources: Bible, Quran, Multi-faith room.
• Outdoors: Gardening, sensory garden, going for a minibus trip.