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76 Russells Hall Hospital The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust 77 The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust has introduced new digital reminiscence therapy software to areas across Russells Hall Hospital to offer extra support to patients with dementia The Reminiscence Interactive Therapy and Activities RITA software is a form of cognitive therapy which helps to calm stimulate and reduce agitation in patients with dementia The therapy has been proven to positively engage patients who have a cognitive decline in mental abilities such as memory and thinking The software in the form of a tablet device helps patients to relax recall memories and encourage interaction between them and their families The reminiscence software has already made a massive difference to our patients in such a short space of time I really believe that this fantastic piece of technology is helping to make our patients feel more comfortable during their stay and that it is also contributing to a reduction in falls Rachel Tomkins Elderly Care Matron My Improvement case studies27sept2017 indd 84 85 06 10 2017 12 09
76 Russells Hall Hospital The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust 77 The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust has introduced new digital reminiscence therapy software to areas across Russells Hall Hospital to offer extra support to patients with dementia The Reminiscence Interactive Therapy and Activities RITA software is a form of cognitive therapy which helps to calm stimulate and reduce agitation in patients with dementia The therapy has been proven to positively engage patients who have a cognitive decline in mental abilities such as memory and thinking The software in the form of a tablet device helps patients to relax recall memories and encourage interaction between them and their families The reminiscence software has already made a massive difference to our patients in such a short space of time I really believe that this fantastic piece of technology is helping to make our patients feel more comfortable during their stay and that it is also contributing to a reduction in falls Rachel Tomkins Elderly Care Matron My Improvement case studies27sept2017 indd 84 85 06 10 2017 12 09
78 Russells Hall Hospital The Dudley Group The Challenge I am the Elderly Care Matron at Russells Hall Hospital We have a high number of patients who are distressed and agitated and therefore have a high risk of falls These patients often require 1 1 patient support in order to prevent this and we hoped to find a solution that would contribute to a reduction in our falls as well as the need for additional patient support via 1 1 The Solution RITA the Reminiscence Interactive Therapies and Activities station has proved to provide appropriate distraction for our patients especially those that require increased assistance and care We had a gentleman on our Clinical Decisions Unit who was immensely distressed he was attempting to climb the sides of the trolley and appeared to be extremely confused around his whereabouts We summoned RITA and I couldn t believe my eyes We started by putting on his favourite song Elvis Presley Blue Suede My Improvement case studies27sept2017 indd 86 87 79 NHS Foundation Trust Shoes he started smiling and laughing and telling us how much he loved the song it was great to see and be part of this It has also been positive around helping with social isolation and nutrition and hydration The gentleman who had previously refused to eat or drink then sat and ate all of his breakfast with no problems whilst watching one of his favourite Clint Eastwood films It was amazing to see the once confused agitated and very uncompliant gentleman with a high risk of falls sit through his favourite film with 100 concentration it was so rewarding for staff This gentleman would have required a 1 1 specialist nurse but this was deterred when RITA was introduced it s amazing Although we have not used RITA for dementia it s made a huge improvement on C6 particularly for our long stayers We have two men in our dayroom watching it at the moment although one of them said the film Magnum is older than him they love it RITA has helped a lot of other elderly patients on C6 just as a break from the monotony and they are very satisfied with it Julia Morse Ward c6 06 10 2017 12 09
78 Russells Hall Hospital The Dudley Group The Challenge I am the Elderly Care Matron at Russells Hall Hospital We have a high number of patients who are distressed and agitated and therefore have a high risk of falls These patients often require 1 1 patient support in order to prevent this and we hoped to find a solution that would contribute to a reduction in our falls as well as the need for additional patient support via 1 1 The Solution RITA the Reminiscence Interactive Therapies and Activities station has proved to provide appropriate distraction for our patients especially those that require increased assistance and care We had a gentleman on our Clinical Decisions Unit who was immensely distressed he was attempting to climb the sides of the trolley and appeared to be extremely confused around his whereabouts We summoned RITA and I couldn t believe my eyes We started by putting on his favourite song Elvis Presley Blue Suede My Improvement case studies27sept2017 indd 86 87 79 NHS Foundation Trust Shoes he started smiling and laughing and telling us how much he loved the song it was great to see and be part of this It has also been positive around helping with social isolation and nutrition and hydration The gentleman who had previously refused to eat or drink then sat and ate all of his breakfast with no problems whilst watching one of his favourite Clint Eastwood films It was amazing to see the once confused agitated and very uncompliant gentleman with a high risk of falls sit through his favourite film with 100 concentration it was so rewarding for staff This gentleman would have required a 1 1 specialist nurse but this was deterred when RITA was introduced it s amazing Although we have not used RITA for dementia it s made a huge improvement on C6 particularly for our long stayers We have two men in our dayroom watching it at the moment although one of them said the film Magnum is older than him they love it RITA has helped a lot of other elderly patients on C6 just as a break from the monotony and they are very satisfied with it Julia Morse Ward c6 06 10 2017 12 09
