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Group programme and activities

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.

Example timetable

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