Fantastic QI Project by Live Team Student OTs Ashleigh and Kirsty at Highbury Hospital around therapeutic activity engagement with patients, using the QI 4 Step Model: with recommendations based on trials of ideas on two wards Nottinghamshire Healthcare Occupational Therapy 👏👍

Forgot to post on Friday. Health promotion group session 3. Thinking about food groups, the digestive system, followed by grab and go exercises. OT keeping everyone active and healthy. It was also good to get the brain cells thinking about biology 🤔

Today's graded exposure. Going on the bus into Nottingham with a patient who struggles to get out. Lots of challenges, but he managed to get some shopping done independently. Goals achieved 👏

Smoothie of the week. Peanut butter 🥜 This smoothie contains oat milk, banana, rolled oats, pinch of nutmeg, cinnamon, and all spice and some crushed ice. Rated an average 8/10 and currently in the lead... #smoothies

Our Trip of the Month turned into a one to one visit to the caves this week. We enjoyed listening to the history of the caves and looking around the nearby art museum. Before heading back, we had a coffee stop at Marks and Spencers and a bit of a shopping 🛍

Thank you, Ifti Majid, for coming to visit one of our female patients. She was very thankful that you came to discuss things with her that she has concerns about and changes in the NHS. #PatientCare

Next Tuesday is #WorldSuicidePreventionDay. We’ll be sharing content about this over the coming days and encourage people to take care of themselves if they find this difficult. We know many of us will be thinking about those who sadly didn't recover from postpartum psychosis 💜

Our artwork from our Positive Art Psychology group last week ✨️ We made stained glass windows and talked about perspective taking and looking through a window to see hope ☺️ #PositiveThinking

Smoothie of the week. Sunshine smoothie 🌞 This smoothie contains carrot juice, bananas, cashew nuts, ginger, pineapple, and a lime. It brought a smile to Nadines face on a gloomy wet morning but only scored an average of 5 and half out of 10 🤷‍♀️

Finally brightened up this afternoon for our walking group to Highfields Univesity Park. Feeling rather peaceful there before the students land back #walkandtalk

This World Suicide Prevention Day, remember you don’t have to go through tough times alone. Please save and share ❤️

Our ladies tried something new in baking group and made some profiteroles. These tasted like they came straight out of the shop! Well done to those involved 👏 we enjoyed them in our Community Meeting #baking

It's interesting to see people's perspectives of art with these simple colouring sheets 🎨 #artgroup

Self Care September - Day 13: Be as kind to yourself as you would to a loved one actionforhappiness.org/self-care-sept… #SelfCareSeptember

One of our group members chose to do a session on Salvador Dali this week. His surreal art style is mesmerising. Thank you for the idea, and keep them coming! #coproduction #art #SalvadorDali 🎨

Our baking group requested to bake something practical that they can do at home. We chose easy baked bread 🍞 with homemade foraged blackberry jam. This was enjoyed in our Community Meeting and disappeared in a blink of an eye 😋 #rehabilitation #baking

The Positive Art Group looked at Autumn and created this display of leaves 🍃 to symbolise change. They are now beautifully displayed on our window, including a bit of written poetry #art 🎨