Adapted to each individual’s needs
Our activities programme is planned after quarterly Consultation meetings with our Service Users. The activities booked are chosen by Service Users, ensuring a programme of meaningful experiences.
Our activities are adapted to each individual’s needs and abilities, with some emphasis on dementia friendly activities, a large portion of this is music therapy. We have observed that a lot of our Service Users respond really well to music. Music therapy helps to reduce anxiety, helps maintain speech and language and encourages social interaction. We have a catalogue of around 12 singers who come in to entertain us, all boast different genres and styles of music and singing.
Service Users
Our Service Users are encouraged to take part in physical activity to keep themselves fit and healthy, helping to maintain their mobility and reduce the risk of falls, this helps them to maintain independence. We arrange Dance Therapy sessions, floor games and outings to our local park to achieve this.
We work with our Service Users to think about what goals they would like to achieve from coming along to St Davids. For example, this can be completing projects such as arts & crafts or gardening projects. Completion of on-going projects can have a huge impact on self esteem and self worth, or perhaps they may wish to visit a tourist attraction or town they have always wanted to or used to in their more able days.
Visits to St Davids
At St Davids we think it’s important to keep connected to our local community. We have regular visits from our friends at the local nursery. Studies have shown intergenerational care to be of great benefit to both older adults and children. These visits not only aid the children in developing empathy, social skills and understanding of the older generation, they help to combat loneliness in older people, bring a sense of fun in to the Day Centre and help Service Users reconnect with caring roles they perhaps had in the past with children.
