HealtH Matters 49
dublin nortH eASxxxt
volunteer muSiciAnS
entertAin reSidentS
> st. Mary’s Hospital in the Phoenix Park, correspondent with the Irish times also
Dublin, is making every effort to encourage attended an afternoon of music and song
contact between residents and the local and wrote a feature article. the radio show
community, so residents maintain that and the article highlighted the benefi ts of
sense of connectedness that is vital for volunteer musicians sharing their time and
health and well-being. the hospital has a talents to provide entertainment to the
number of ongoing initiatives involving the residential care clients.
community. Volunteer musicians, singers residents at st. Mary’s can also avail
and entertainers provide regular concerts of the new activity Day Centre where they
and music sessions at ward level, in the can get involved in group sessions with
auditorium and in the activity Centre. other residents and avail of opportunities
recently, rtÉ radio’s Derek Mooney for interaction, communication and life-
show recorded one such session and a long learning.
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Care Assistant Liz Barry and residents
Sally Burke and Lilly Tierney of Seanchara
crAnog reSource centre officiAlly
Community Unit.
opened And cAStleblAyney primAry fine dining A Hit
cAre teAm lAuncHed witH clAremont
C
raNOG, a new educational and Primary Care team
reSidentS
purpose built vocational opportunities will serve a population > FINe DINING Is ONe of a number of initiatives
resource centre in partnership with local of approximately introduced recently by staff working in three north
in Bree, Castleblayney, statutory and voluntary 9,000 people living Dublin care units known as Claremont residential
Co. Monaghan, providing agencies. Planned and in Castleblayney and and Day Care services.
community resource built by the Hse in the surrounding area. the catering department serving residents in st.
facilities for people with consultation with the services include GP, Clare’s, Clarehaven and seanchara have come up
disabilities and their local communities at a Occupational therapy, with some novel ideas to brighten up meal times.
families was officially cost of e2.75 million, speech and language Once a month there is a ‘fine dine’ evening
opened in October. the centre has facilities therapy, Physiotherapy for the residents from the three units who come
the primary focus of for assessment and and Public Health together in the newly refurbished dining room
CraNOG (Community therapeutic intervention Nursing with plans to in seanchara in an informal setting for a special
resource accessing New such as speech and have services such as candlelit dinner with wine and music.
Opportunities and Goals) language therapy, Dietetics, social Work In addition, residents get involved in a ‘Make
is to meet the diverse physiotherapy and and Psychology based your own tea’ event once a week. every
needs of people using occupational therapy and across the network Wednesday, the residents gather early to make
the centre and provide also provides training in coming on stream over their own evening tea, from sandwiches to salads.
advice and information, independent living skills. the coming months. those physically unable to complete the task, still
social, recreational, the Castleblayney enjoy being part of it.
Recently, the Oak View Ward in St. Clare’s
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John Maloney, TD, launched a project where the residents, with
Minister for State with assistance from the nurses and health care
responsibility for Equality,
assistants, set the tables themselves before their
Disability and Mental Health;
meal. Now other wards and units of the Claremont
Lorna Cadden, Senior
complex will follow suit.
Physiotherapist; Michael
some residents in the complex have dementia
Mooney, Service User
and staff recently attended a course designed to
and Laverne McGuinness,
HSE National Director of
enhance their understanding of the needs of these
Performance and Financial
residents.
Management at the Offi cial
Other initiatives in the complex include the
Opening of CRANOG
refurbishment of some of the dining areas and the
Resource Centre. introduction of more menu choices for residents.
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