Articulate July 2010 - Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust

trust wide
Wii love it!
Rehab patients are having fun while improving
their muscle strength and increasing their
cardio-vascular fitness by using a Wii Fit.
The games console, which includes yoga, football
heading, skiing and tight-rope walking, has been
bought with funds raised by the Buttercup Walk and
enables patients to participate in exercise programmes
that work on their balance, proprioception, flexibility
and core strength.
Physiotherapist Fiona McFadden said the Wii board has
the ability to monitor weight and BMI, which forms part of
the government’s agenda for aiding people to lose weight
and have a healthy lifestyle.
“Many of our patients own a Wii games console,” she
said.
“It’s possible to tailor patients’ rehab to something they
enjoy at home, making it easier for them to continue
exercising and their rehabilitation after being discharged.
“For many patients who have an extended period of
stay in hospital, it adds another dimension to their
Eggs-ellent result
for young patients
Zoe Keates, second from left and
Matt Hardy, third from left, with the
children on the Coxen Ward
Zoe Keates, Senior Play
Specialist on the Coxen
and ADU, received a giant
chocolate egg, which has
been raffled raising £100
towards the cost of an
anaesthetic room.
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“The money will be used to
purchase equipment for one
anaesthetic room, which will
help our young patients to
have a positive and less
stressful journey to theatre,”
said Zoe.
“I have been trying to get
this project off the ground for
a while now and I am looking
forward to fulfilling my aim.
“I would like to thank Matt
Hardy’s (General Manager,
Estates) friends who donated
the egg to the ward.”
Hilary Akhurst, School
Teacher on the Coxen and
ADU was the lucky winner
of the raffle.
Rehab patient participates in
an excercise programme
physiotherapy rehabilitation, which can increase
motivation. It’s an extremely fun activity for children as it
involves play-focused rehabilitation and can be used for
encouraging patients to carry out more ‘traditional’
physiotherapy rehabilitation.”
Wii Fit boards are now being used in neuro-stroke
rehabilitation, amputee rehabilitation and general
musculoskeletal Outpatient Physiotherapy Departments
with increasing success and positive feedback.
Margaret Harte staff would
like to welcome new additions
to the nursing team - Sisters
Oluwaseyi Beyioku and Nancy O’Connor and Staff Nurse
Sarah Siraj. They would also like to say good luck to Sister
Justine McCall who worked on the ward for nearly 20
years. They wish her every success in her new role as sister
at Bolsover Street.
Left: Sister Oluwaseyi Beyioku
Middle: Staff Nurse Sarah Siraj
Right : Sister Nancy O’Connor
Violetta Beninsig, Medirest’s Domestic
Assistant, is celebrating 35 years at the
Trust. She is working on the Coxen and
ADU and is an important and popular
member of the ward team. As a thank
you for her long service, Medirest
presented her with a voucher, which
Violetta used to purchase a camera.
Staff on the Coxen and ADU would like to
say “thank-you” to Violetta for her continued hard work.
Violetta Beninsig
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