February 11, 2014

Dementia Day in Barnsley

Two of our Health Trainers, Kelly and Julie, run a chair-based exercise group at Mapplewell Manor in Barnsley. Mapplewell is a care home that has a dementia ward attached to it.

Ben Towler, one of our Senior Health Trainers and Your Forum members, found out about the rempods the Mi team are using in Liverpool to help people start conversations around times gone by and he mentioned to the coordinator at the home that PSS had these tools and they discussed how wonderful it’d be to use them in Barnsley.

So, very pro-actively, Ben went off and spoke to the Mi team and asked if they could borrow them for a few days, and of course the Mi team were very helpful. Some of the Mi team went across to Barnsley too to share their expertise. All the participants were given a seat in the ‘pub rempod’ and they spent the morning talking over old times and having a lovely time. Whilst there, dementia awareness taster training was given to staff working at the home by the PSS team. Well done to all involved for a great example of cross-service working which has given people using our services a day to remember.